Greenwell Glacier
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The Greenwell Glacier is a major tributary glacier
of Antarctica, 72 km long, draining northwest between Mirabito Range
and Everett Range
to enter Lillie Glacier
below Mount Works
, in northwest Victoria Land
.
Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Martin D. Greenwell, USN, Commander of Antarctic Squadron Six (VX-6
), 1961-62.
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...
of Antarctica, 72 km long, draining northwest between Mirabito Range
Mirabito Range
Mirabito Range is a narrow, northwest-trending mountain range, 64 km long and 6 km wide, standing between the upper part of Lillie Glacier and the Greenwell Glacier in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. The range is part of the Concord Mountains.The range was mapped by the USGS from...
and Everett Range
Everett Range
Everett Range is a rugged, mainly ice-covered mountain range nearly 95 km long between the Greenwell and Ebbe glaciers in northwest Victoria Land, Antarctica...
to enter Lillie Glacier
Lillie Glacier
Lillie Glacier is a large glacier, about 160 km long and 16 km wide, between Bowers Mountains on the west and Concord and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier Tongue. The glacier tongue was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition,...
below Mount Works
Mount Works
Mount Works is a mountain, 1,780 m, rising just west of Horne Glacier and 2 nautical miles southwest of Pilon Peak in the Everett Range, Concord Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic...
, in northwest 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...
.
Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Martin D. Greenwell, USN, Commander of Antarctic Squadron Six (VX-6
VX-6
Air Development Squadron Six was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
), 1961-62.