Lowery Glacier () is a

glacier A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...

about long, a tributary of the

Nimrod Glacier The Nimrod Glacier () is a major glacier about long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location The Nimrod Glacier flows north between the Geologis ...

, which enters the west of the

Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between high ...

, Antarctica.

Location

The Lowery Glacier flows north from

Prince Andrew Plateau Prince Andrew Plateau () is an ice-covered plateau, about long and wide, lying south of Mount Rabot in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica. Exploration and name The Prince Andrew Plateau was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey An ...

, Antarctica, along the east side of the Queen Elizabeth Range to enter Nimrod Glacier. To the north of Softbed Ridges it converges with

Robb Glacier Robb Glacier () is a glacier about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long that flows through the Ross Dependency to enter the west coast of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Location The Robb Glacier flows from Clarkson Peak north along the east ...

, but the two glaciers separate when they reach Taylor Hills. It was named by the New Zealand Geological and Topographical Survey Expedition (1959–60) for J.H. Lowery who, as a member of a field party, suffered injuries when a Sno-cat broke through a

crevasse A crevasse is a deep crack that forms in a glacier or ice sheet. Crevasses form as a result of the movement and resulting stress associated with the shear stress generated when two semi-rigid pieces above a plastic substrate have different rate ...

bridge off

Cape Selborne Nicholson Peninsula () is a broad ice-covered peninsula about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, between Couzens Bay and Matterson Inlet on the Shackleton Coast on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location Nicholson Peninsula f ...

in November 1959.

Icefalls

Arai Terraces

. A series of crevassed terraces and icefalls close southward of

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, near the head of Lowery Glacier. So named by the NZGSAE (1959-60) because the feature is a natural barrier to sledge travel which the party was unable to traverse. Arai is the Maori term for barrier.

Left tributaries

Tributaries entering from the left (west) include:

Cornwall Glacier

. A glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range, draining eastward, to the south of

Crowell Buttresses Mount Rabot () is a mountain, high, standing southeast of Mount Lecointe in the Queen Elizabeth Range in Antarctica. Name Mount Rabot was discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE; 1907-09). Charles Rabot was editor of ' ...

, to enter Lowery Glacier. Named by the Northern Party of NZGSAE (1961-62) after the English County and Dukedom of Cornwall.

Dorrer Glacier

. Glacier just south of Mount Heiser, flowing east into Lowery Glacier from the northeast slopes of the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Egon Dorrer, USARP glaciologist on the Ross Ice Shelf 1962-63 and 1965-66.

Heidemann Glacier

. Glacier, long, originating close northwest of Mount Damm in the Queen Elizabeth Range and flowing east into Lowery Glacier. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Richard P. Heidemann, USARP glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1962-63. Not: Heindemann Glacier.

Helm Glacier

. Glacier long, flowing north to enter Lowery Glacier just west of

, in the Queen Elizabeth Range. Named for Arthur S. Helm, former Secretary of the Ross Sea Committee, by the NZGSAE (1961-62).

Kent Glacier

. Glacier which drains the east side of

Markham Plateau Mount Markham () is a twin-peaked massif surmounting the north end of the Markham Plateau in the Queen Elizabeth Range (Antarctica), Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica. The peaks have elevations of and . Exploration and name Mount Markham w ...

in the Queen Elizabeth Range and flows east for about to enter Lowery Glacier. Named by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) after the English county and the Dukedom of Kent.

Linehan Glacier

. A glacier, long, flowing northeast from

along the north side of Turnabout Ridge to enter Lowery Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for French Daniel Linehan, who made seismic soundings of ice thickness from the USS Atka, 1954-55, and in the Ross Sea area, 1955-56.

Nottarp Glacier

. Small glacier draining eastward into Lowery Glacier just south of Mount Damm in the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-AC AN for Klemens J. Nottarp, USARP glaciologist on the Ross Ice Shelf, 1962-63 and 1965-66.

Pavlak Glacier

. A glacier that drains east from the Queen Elizabeth Range into Lowery Glacier close south of Mount Predoehl. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas L. Pavlak, USARP glaciologist at South Pole Station, 1962-63.

Rowland Glacier

. Glacier on the north side of the

Frigate Range The Frigate Range () is a high mountain range extending east from Mount Markham in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica. Name The Frigate Range was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSA ...

, flowing east into Lowery Glacier. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Robert W. Rowland, USARP glaciologist at South Pole Station, 1962-63 and 1963-64.

Right tributaries

Tributaries entering from the right (east) include:

Oliver Glacier

Glacier draining the area west and south of Mount Christchurch and entering Lowery Glacier just north of the Taylor Hills. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Edward J. Oliver, USARP glaciologist at South Pole Station, 1961-62.

Robb Glacier

. A glacier about long, flowing from Clarkson Peak north along the east side of Softbed Ridges to the Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Goldie. Named by the expedition after Murray Robb, leader of the NZGSAE (1959-60), who traversed this glacier to reach Lowery Glacier.

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