Fry Glacier
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Fry Glacier is a glacier
draining the slopes at the northeast corner of the Convoy Range
and flowing along the south end of the Kirkwood Range
into Tripp Bay
, Victoria Land
. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition
(1907–09) and named for A.M. Fry, a contributor to the expedition.
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...
draining the slopes at the northeast corner of the Convoy Range
Convoy Range
Convoy Range is a broad mountain range, much of it with an almost flat, plateau-like summit, extending south from the Fry Saddle and ending at Mackay Glacier...
and flowing along the south end of the Kirkwood Range
Kirkwood Range
Kirkwood Range is a massive coastal range extending north-south between the Fry and Mawson Glaciers. A broad low-level platform on the seaward side of the range is occupied by the Oates Piedmont Glacier...
into Tripp Bay
Tripp Bay
Tripp Bay is a bay along the coast of Victoria Land formed by a recession in the ice between the Oates Piedmont Glacier and Evans Piedmont Glacier. The bay was first charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09. The name appears to have been first used by the British Antarctic Expedition ...
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition
Nimrod Expedition
The British Antarctic Expedition 1907–09, otherwise known as the Nimrod Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton. Its main target, among a range of geographical and scientific objectives, was to be first to the South Pole...
(1907–09) and named for A.M. Fry, a contributor to the expedition.