Delta Glacier
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Delta Glacier is a glacier
descending steeply from the Worcester Range
between Northcliffe Peak
and Delta Bluff
to enter the west side of Skelton Glacier
. It was provisionally named "Cascade Glacier" because of its broken lower icefalls by the New Zealand
party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
, 1956-58. As this name is a duplication, they renamed the glacier after nearby Delta Bluff.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
descending steeply from the Worcester Range
Worcester Range
The Worcester Range is a mountain range in Antarctica standing between the Skelton and Mulock Glaciers on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Probably named after the training ship in the Thames, in which many officers of early British Antarctic expeditions trained. Discovered by the British...
between Northcliffe Peak
Northcliffe Peak
Northcliffe Peak is a prominent peak, 2,255 m, rising 4 nautical miles southeast of Mount Harmsworth in the Worcester Range. Surveyed and named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition because of its association with Mount Harmsworth...
and Delta Bluff
Delta Bluff
Delta Bluff is a steep triangular rock bluff immediately north of the mouth of Delta Glacier, on the west side of Skelton Glacier. Surveyed and climbed in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and so named because of the shape of the bluff....
to enter the west side of Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica.-Discovery and naming:...
. It was provisionally named "Cascade Glacier" because of its broken lower icefalls by the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
, 1956-58. As this name is a duplication, they renamed the glacier after nearby Delta Bluff.