Nursery Glacier () is a coastal glacier in the

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of Antarctica.

Location

The glacier is about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long. It flows southeast along the west side of Darley Hills to enter

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 ...

just south of

Cape Parr Cape Parr () is a large snow-covered cape along the west side 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 ...

. It is joined from the west by the Silk Glacier in its upper reaches and the Jorda Glacier near its mouth. It merges with the larger Starshot Glacier coming from the south as it enters the ice shelf. The

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(NZGSAE) (1959–60) named it Nursery Glacier because it was on this glacier that a litter of

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pups was born.

Tributaries

Jorda Glacier

. A glacier, about long that drains the east slopes of the Churchill Mountains between Mount Coley and

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and merges with the lower Nursery Glacier just before the latter enters the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Henry P. Jorda, USN, pilot with Squadron VX-6 during USN OpDFrz I, 1955-56.

Lee Glacier

. A glacier flowing southeast into Jorda Glacier. Mount Frost and Mount Coley are located at its head. The glacier was named in honor of Sandra Lee, a former

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Minister of Conservation, for her contribution to environmental protection in Antarctica and its surrounding waters.

Bally Glacier

. A glacier long which occupies the central part of the

Carlstrom Foothills The Carlstrom Foothills () are a group of peaks and ridges in the Churchill Mountains, Antarctica. Location Carlstrom Foothills run north–south between Mount Albert Markham and Kelly Plateau. The feature is long with summits rising to . It ...

. It flows north along the east side of Mount Blick into Jorda Glacier. It was named by the

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after John Bally of the

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Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy,

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; he was a

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principal investigator and field team member of the Advanced Telescope Project,

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Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica, 1992–95.

Silk Glacier

. A glacier, long, draining the east slopes of the Churchill Mountains between Mount Frost and Mount Zinkovich to enter Nursery Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Cdt. P.R.H. Silk, RNZN, commanding officer of HMNZS Endeavour II in Antarctic waters, 1963-64.

McLay Glacier

. A glacier flowing southeast into Nursery Glacier. Mount Durnford,

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and Mount Liard flank the north and Turk Peak and

Bradshaw Peak Mount Zinkovich () is a pointed mountain, high, standing north of Mount Frost at the north side of the head of Silk Glacier in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica. Name Mount Zinkovich was named by US-ACAN for Lt. Col. Michael Zinkovich, USA ...

flank the south. It was named in honor of the Honourable Sir James Kenneth McLay, KNZM QSO, who was the former

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and

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. He held the position of New Zealand's Whaling Commissioner for 9 years, during which time he fought for the

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, and opposed scientific whaling.

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