Seafarer Glacier
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Seafarer Glacier is a tributary glacier
draining southward from Webb Neve
, between the Lawrence Peaks
and Malta Plateau
, to enter Mariner Glacier
, in Victoria Land
. So named by the Mariner Glacier party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1966–67, in association with the name Mariner.
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...
draining southward from Webb Neve
Webb Neve
Webb Neve is the neve at the head of Seafarer Glacier in Victoria Land. Named by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1966–67, after the appointed Public Relations Officer Dexter Webb, who was killed before taking up the appointment....
, between the Lawrence Peaks
Lawrence Peaks
Lawrence Peaks is a mountain complex of high peaks separating the Seafarer Glacier from the head of the Mariner Glacier in Antarctica.It was named by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1966–67, for the leader of the party, J.E.S.Lawrence.-Further...
and Malta Plateau
Malta Plateau
Malta Plateau is an ice-covered plateau of about 25 nautical miles extent in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. The plateau is irregular in shape and is bounded on the south and west by Mariner Glacier, on the north by tributaries to Trafalgar Glacier, and on the east by tributaries to...
, to enter Mariner Glacier
Mariner Glacier
Mariner Glacier is a major glacier over long, descending southeast from the plateau of Victoria Land, between Mountaineer Range and Malta Plateau, and terminating at Lady Newnes Bay, Ross Sea, where it forms the floating Mariner Glacier Tongue...
, 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...
. So named by the Mariner Glacier party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(NZGSAE), 1966–67, in association with the name Mariner.