Held Glacier
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Held Glacier is a tributary glacier
, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing east from Anderson Heights
to enter Shackleton Glacier
just south of Epidote Peak
, in the Queen Maud Mountains
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant George B. Held, CEC, U.S. Navy, Public Works Officer at McMurdo Station
during 1964.
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...
, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing east from Anderson Heights
Anderson Heights
Anderson Heights is a roughly rectangular snow-covered tableland, long and , with an elevation somewhat over , located between Mount Bennett and Mount Butters in the east part of the Bush Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed by U.S...
to enter Shackleton Glacier
Shackleton Glacier
Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from 8 to 16 km wide, descending from the polar plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount Speed and Waldron Spurs. The Roberts Massif...
just south of Epidote Peak
Epidote Peak
Epidote Peak is a prominent rock peak just north of the mouth of Held Glacier, overlooking the west side of Shackleton Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. So named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Party because of the abundance of the mineral epidote which gives the peak a spotted appearance....
, in the Queen Maud Mountains
Queen Maud Mountains
The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the polar plateau in Antarctica...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant George B. Held, CEC, U.S. Navy, Public Works Officer at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
during 1964.