Meserve Glacier
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Meserve Glacier is a hanging glacier
on the south wall of Wright Valley
, Victoria Land
, between the Bartley
and Hart Glacier
s. Named by U.S. geologist Robert Nichols
for William Meserve, geological assistant to Nichols at nearby Marble Point
in the 1959-60 field season.
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...
on the south wall of Wright Valley
Wright Valley
The Wright Valley is the central one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . Wright Valley contains the Onyx River, the largest river in Antarctica, Lake Brownworth, the origin of Onyx River, and Lake Vanda, which is fed by...
, 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...
, between the Bartley
Bartley Glacier
Bartley Glacier is a hanging glacier on the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land, just west of Meserve Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for construction driver Ollie B. Bartley, U.S. Navy, who was killed on January 14, 1957 when the vehicle he was driving...
and Hart Glacier
Hart Glacier
Hart Glacier is a small hanging glacier on the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land, between the Meserve and Goodspeed Glaciers. Named by U.S. geologist Robert Nichols for Roger Hart, geological assistant to Nichols at nearby Marble Point in the 1959-60 field season....
s. Named by U.S. geologist Robert Nichols
Robert Nichols
Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols was an English writer, known as a war poet of World War I, and a playwright....
for William Meserve, geological assistant to Nichols at nearby Marble Point
Marble Point
Marble Point, Antarctica, is a rocky promontory on the coast of Victoria Land located at 77° 26' S latitude and 163° 50' E longitude. The United States operates a station at the point. The outpost is used as a helicopter refueling station supporting scientific research in the nearby continental...
in the 1959-60 field season.