Mellor Glacier is a tributary
glacierA 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 northnortheast between
Mount NewtonMount Newton is a large humped mountain with a boulder strewn surface and conical peak near the center, standing between flow of Collins and Mellor Glaciers in the Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped by ANARE from air photos taken in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Dr. G...
and
Mount MaguireMount Maguire is a large flat-topped mountain with a distinctive pointed nunatak on the east side, located 22 nautical miles south of Cumpston Massif near the head of Lambert Glacier. Mapped from ANARE air photos and surveys, 1956-58. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Sgt. O...
and coalescing with
Collins GlacierCollins Glacier is a glacier about wide at its confluence with the Mellor Glacier, which it feeds from the southwest, located north of Mount Newton in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from air photos taken in 1956...
just prior to junction with
Lambert GlacierLambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 60 miles wide, over 250 miles long, and about 2,500 meters deep, it holds the Guinness world record for the world's largest glacier...
at
Patrick PointPatrick Point is the northern point of Cumpston Massif, at the junction of Mellor and Lambert Glaciers in the Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped from air photos taken by ANARE in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Patrick Albion, radio operator at Mawson Station, 1956....
, in the
Prince Charles MountainsPrince Charles Mountains is a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica, including the Athos Range, the Porthos Range, and the Aramis Range. The highest peak is Mount Menzies . Other prominent peaks are Mount Izabelle and Mount Stinear...
,
Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by ANARE (
Australian National Antarctic Research ExpeditionsThe Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...
) in 1956. Named by ANCA after Malcolm Mellor (1933-91), English-born glaciologist at
Mawson StationMawson Station is one of three permanent Australian bases in the Australian Antarctic Territory of East Antarctica. Named after Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, the base is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division...
, 1957, and engineer with the U.S. Army's CRREL, from 1961 to 1991.
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