Cape Goldie
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Cape Goldie is a cape at the south side of the mouth of Robb Glacier
, overlooking the Ross Ice Shelf
. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and named for Sir George Goldie, a member of the committee which made the final draft of the instructions for the expedition.
Robb Glacier
Robb Glacier is a glacier about 40 nautical miles long, flowing from Clarkson Peak north along the east side of Softbed Ridges to the Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Goldie. Named by the expedition after Murray Robb, leader of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , who traversed this...
, overlooking the Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...
. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and named for Sir George Goldie, a member of the committee which made the final draft of the instructions for the expedition.