Kirkby Glacier is a
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such a ...
, in length. This glacier drains the central
Anare Mountains
The Anare Mountains () are a large group of mainly snow-covered peaks and ridges along the northern coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The group is bounded on the north and east by the Pacific Ocean, on the west by Lillie Glacier, and on the sout ...
of Antarctica and flows northwest to the sea from
Cape North, and just north of
Arthurson Bluff
Kirkby Glacier is a glacier, in length. This glacier drains the central Anare Mountains of Antarctica and flows northwest to the sea from Cape North, and just north of Arthurson Bluff, northern Victoria Land. Richardson Bluff rises from its e ...
, northern
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. I ...
.
Richardson Bluff rises from its east side.
Discovery and naming
Kirkby Glacier was named by the
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAp) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).
History
Australia has had a long involv ...
(ANARE) for
Sydney L. Kirkby
Sydney Lorrimar Kirkby, (born 1933) is an Australian surveyor and Antarctic explorer.
Work
Syd Kirkby was first appointed as Surveyor at Mawson Station for 1956, the third year of ANARE operations in Antarctica.
Syd Kirkby was Surveyor and/or ...
, a surveyor on the ANARE ''
Thala Dan'' cruise of 1962, led by
Phillip Law
Phillip Garth Law, AC, CBE, FAA, FTSE (21 April 1912 – 28 February 2010) was an Australian scientist and explorer who served as director of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) from 1949 to 1966.
Early life
Law wa ...
, which explored the area along this coast.
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See also
* History of Antarctica
The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term ''Antarctic'', referring to the opposite of the Arctic Circle, was coined by Mar ...
* List of Antarctic expeditions
References
External links
Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)
Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory
Mawson Station
Glaciers of Pennell Coast
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