Lawrie Glacier
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Lawrie Glacier is a glacier
flowing into the head of Barilari Bay
between Mount Genecand
and Mezzo Buttress
, on the west coast of Graham Land
. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Robert Lawrie
, English alpine and polar equipment specialist.
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...
flowing into the head of Barilari Bay
Barilari Bay
Barilari Bay is a bay long and wide, between Cape Garcia and Loqui Point on the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Rear Admiral Atilio S. Barilari, Argentine Navy. It was re-charted by the British...
between Mount Genecand
Mount Genecand
Mount Genecand is a mountain at the head of Barilari Bay between Lawrie and Weir Glaciers, on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey...
and Mezzo Buttress
Mezzo Buttress
Mezzo Buttress is a rocky buttress at the head of Barilari Bay just east of Lawrie Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill, 1934-37...
, on the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition
British Graham Land Expedition
A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...
(BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Robert Lawrie
Robert Lawrie
Robert Lawrie was a British alpine and polar equipment specialist and racing driver.Robert Lawrie was born in Burnley. He trained as a shoe and boot maker at his father's firm which he later ran. By the late 1920s he had become an accomplished climber and alpinist, and he started to design,...
, English alpine and polar equipment specialist.