Lacroix Glacier
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Lacroix Glacier is a glacier
between Suess
and Matterhorn Glaciers, which flows southeast into Taylor Valley
in Victoria Land
. It was mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910–13, and named after Alfred Lacroix, as was Mount Lacroix
.
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...
between Suess
Suess Glacier
Suess Glacier is a glacier between Canada Glacier and Lacroix Glacier, flowing south into Taylor Valley in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910–13, for Professor Eduard Suess, noted Austrian geologist and paleontologist....
and Matterhorn Glaciers, which flows southeast into Taylor Valley
Taylor Valley
Taylor Valley is the southern one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . The valley extends from Taylor Glacier in the west to McMurdo Sound at Explorers Cove at the northwest head of New Harbour in the east...
in 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...
. It was mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910–13, and named after Alfred Lacroix, as was Mount Lacroix
Mount Lacroix
Mount Lacroix is a prominent mountain with red vertical cliffs and a rounded summit surmounting the northeast end of Booth Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago...
.