The Tinker Glacier () is a long glacier in Antarctica, draining the central part of the

Southern Cross Mountains Southern Cross Mountains is the name applied to the group of ranges lying between the Mariner Glacier and Priestley Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is southwest of the Mountaineer Range, southeast of the Mesa Range and northeast of the ...

and flowing southeast into

Wood Bay Wood Bay () is a large bay which is bounded by Cape Johnson and Aviator Glacier Tongue on the north, and Cape Washington on the south, along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy ...

, on the coast of

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 78th parallel south, 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Ant ...

. Named by the Northern Party 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 19 ...

(NZGSAE), 1962–63, for Lieutenant Colonel Ron Tinker, leader at

Scott Base Scott Base is a New Zealand Antarctic research station at Pram Point on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim. It was named in honour of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, RN, leader of two British exp ...

during that season.

Geography

Tinker Glacier forms in the

to the south of the Schulte Hills, and flows south past Mount Jiracek to the west, running parallel to

Aviator Glacier The Aviator Glacier () is a major valley glacier in Antarctica that is over long and wide, descending generally southward from the plateau of Victoria Land along the west side of Mountaineer Range, and entering Lady Newnes Bay between Cape Si ...

to the east. Burns Glacier joins from the west. The Clausnitzer Glacier joins from the west before the Harrow Peaks. Tinker glacier forms the Tinker Glacier Tongue when it flows past Cape Johnson into

of the

Ross Sea The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth. It derives its name from the British explorer James Clark Ross who ...

Features

Named features, from north to south, include:

Burns Glacier

. A tributary glacier, long, flowing north along the east side of

Pinckard Table The Random Hills () are a group of rugged hills in Victoria Land, Antarctica. They are bounded on the west by Campbell Glacier and on the east by Tinker Glacier and Wood Bay. They are centered about ) north-northwest of Mount Melbourne. Expl ...

to enter the southwest side of Tinker Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by US-ACAN for John P. Burns, radioman with the McMurdo Station winter parties of 1963 and 1967.

Clausnitzer Glacier

. A tributary glacier flowing east from Random Hills to enter Tinker Glacier just north of Harrow Peaks. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by US-ACAN for Frazer W. Clausnitzer, ionospheric physics scientist at McMurdo Station, winter 1966.

Tinker Glacier Tongue

. The seaward extension of the Tinker Glacier, projecting into the northwest corner of Wood Bay. The name was suggested by US-ACAN in association with Tinker Glacier.

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