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Robert Glacier is the eastern of two glaciers in
Kemp Land Kemp Land is a thin sliver of Antarctica including, and lying inland from, the Kemp Coast. Part of the Australian Antarctic claim, it is defined as lying between 56° 25' E and 59° 34' E, and, as with other sectors of the Antarctic, is deemed ...
entering the southern part of
Edward VIII Bay Edward VIII Bay is a bay about in extent, located between Edward VIII Plateau (a dome-shaped, ice-covered peninsula near Magnet Bay) and the Øygarden Group of islands in Antarctica. The head of the bay is occupied by the Edward VIII Ice Shelf. ...
. It was seen by Robert Dovers and G. Schwartz in 1954 while carrying out a sledge journey and survey of Edward VIII Bay . The other (western) glacier is
Wilma Glacier Following is a list of glaciers of Kemp Land in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in Kemp Land. Cosgrove Glacier . Small glacier entering the south part of Stefansson Bay just west of Mulebreen. Seen from an Austra ...
. It was named by ANCA for Dovers, who was surveyor and officer in charge at
Mawson Station Mawson Station, commonly called Mawson, is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Mawson lies in Holme Bay in Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica in the Australian ...
in 1954. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.


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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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Wilma Glacier Following is a list of glaciers of Kemp Land in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in Kemp Land. Cosgrove Glacier . Small glacier entering the south part of Stefansson Bay just west of Mulebreen. Seen from an Austra ...
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Kemp Land Kemp Land is a thin sliver of Antarctica including, and lying inland from, the Kemp Coast. Part of the Australian Antarctic claim, it is defined as lying between 56° 25' E and 59° 34' E, and, as with other sectors of the Antarctic, is deemed ...
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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 ...


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data.aad.gov.au
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