Roscoe Glacier () is an Antarctic channel
glacier
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, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long and 3 to 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, debouching from a small valley onto the west portion of
Shackleton Ice Shelf
Shackleton Ice Shelf is an extensive ice shelf fronting the coast of East Antarctica from 95° E to 105° E. It extends for an along-shore distance of about , projecting seaward about in the western portion and in the east. It occ ...
, midway between
Cape Moyes and
Junction Corner. Charted as a valley depression during a southern reconnaissance in March 1912 by
F. Wild and other members of the
Western Base Party of the
Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by
U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
(US-ACAN) for
John H. Roscoe, geographer, author of
Antarctic Bibliography (Washington, 1951), and scientific advisor to the director of
United States Antarctic Program
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. Roscoe served as photogrammetrist with the central task group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and with
U.S. Navy Operation Windmill, 1947–48, and assisted the latter group in establishing astronomical control stations along
Wilhelm II
Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until Abdication of Wilhelm II, his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as th ...
,
Queen Mary,
Knox and
Budd Coasts.
Roscoe Glacier
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See also
* Roscoe Promontory
* List of glaciers in the Antarctic
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* Glaciology
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References
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Glaciers of Queen Mary Land
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