Robb 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 ...
about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long, flowing from
Clarkson Peak north along the east side of
Softbed Ridges to 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 h ...
at
Cape Goldie. Named by the expedition after
Murray Robb, leader of the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Features named by the expeditions 195 ...
(NZGSAE) (1959–60), who traversed this glacier to reach
Lowery Glacier.
See also
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Cape Huinga
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Whakawhiti Saddle
Whakawhiti Saddle () is a low, broad snow saddle between Oliver Glacier and the lower portion of Robb Glacier, close east of Taylor Hills. Traversed by the southern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Ge ...
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Worthley Peak
References
Glaciers of the Ross Dependency
Shackleton Coast
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