Nemesis Glacier () is a large
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 ...
which flows northeast through the center of the
Aramis Range,
Prince Charles Mountains
The Prince Charles Mountains are 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, with a height of . Other prominent peaks ...
. Discovered in January 1957 by ANARE (
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australia: Antarctic Program#Australian Antarctic program, Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic D ...
) southern party under
W.G. Bewsher, and named after Homer's Nemesis because considerable difficulty was experienced in traversing the region due to the glacier.
See also
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List of glaciers in the Antarctic
There are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow, rather than general bodies of ice ...
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Glaciology
Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or, more generally, ice and natural phenomena that involve ice.
Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, clim ...
Further reading
* James P. Minard,
Glaciology and Glacial Geology of Antarctica', P 19
* Johanna Laybourn-Parry, Jemma Wadham,
Antarctic Lakes'
* BERND WAGNER, NADJA HULTZSCH, MARTIN MELLES, and DAMIAN B. GORE,
Indications of Holocene sea-level rise in Beaver Lake, East Antarctica', Antarctic Science 19 (1), 125–128 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1017/S095410200700017X
* Adamson, D.A, Mabin, Mark, Luly, Jon,
Holocene isostasy and late Cenozoic development of landforms including Beaver and Radok Lake basins in the Amery Oasis, Prince Charles Mountains, Antartica', Antarctic Science 9(03):299 - 306, September 1997 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102097000382
* Ian C. W. Fitzsimons,
The Metamorphic Histories of some Proterozoic Granulites from East Antarctica', January 1991
* Herzfeld U.C. (2004),
Combination of SAR and Radar Altimeter Data: Lambert Glacier/Amery Ice Shelf', Atlas of Antarctica. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
* Hultzsch, N., Wagner, B., Diekmann, B., & White, D. (2008),
Mineralogical implications for the Late Pleistocene glaciation in Amery Oasis, East Antarctica, from a lake sediment core.', Antarctic Science, 20(2), 169–172. https://doi:10.1017/S0954102007000880
External links
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USGS
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website
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AADC website
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SCAR
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website
Nemesis Glacier long term updated weather forecast
References
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Glaciers of Mac. Robertson Land
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