Stephenson Glacier () is a
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 ...
close west of
Dovers Moraine on the east side of
Heard Island
The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) is an Australian external territory comprising a volcanic group of mostly barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. The group's overall land ...
in the southern
Indian Ocean
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.
Its
terminus is between
Dovers Moraine and
Stephenson Lagoon, with part of the glacier flowing to
Doppler Hill and
Sealers Beach. To the north of Stephenson Glacier is
Brown Glacier, whose terminus is located at
Brown Lagoon. To the southwest of Stephenson Glacier is
Winston Glacier, whose terminus is located at
Winston Lagoon, between
Cape Lockyer and
Oatt Rocks.
Discovery and naming
Stephenson Glacier was surveyed by ANARE (
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
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) in 1948. It was named by
Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for
P.J. Stephenson, ANARE geologist on Heard Island in 1963.
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References
Further reading
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External links
*Clic
here
to see a map of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, including all major topographical features
Australian Antarctic DivisionAustralian Antarctic GazetteerComposite Gazetteer of AntarcticaAustralian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Glaciers of Heard Island and McDonald Islands