Tulaczyk Glacier () is a steep valley glacier draining the west slope of

Vinson Massif Vinson Massif () is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is long and wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located ab ...

southwest of

Príncipe de Asturias Peak Príncipe de Asturias Peak (, ; , ) is the peak rising to 4498 mReference Eleva ...

, and descending between Cairns Glacier and Zapol Glacier in the

Sentinel Range The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is wide. Many peaks rise over and Vinson Mass ...

, Antarctica. The glacier flows southwestward and leaving the range, together with Cairns Glacier joins

Nimitz Glacier The Nimitz Glacier is an Antarctic glacier, long and wide, draining the area about west of the Vinson Massif and flowing southeast between the Sentinel Range and Bastien Range to enter Minnesota Glacier, in the central Ellsworth Mountains ...

west of Hodges Knoll and southeast of Klenova Peak. It was named by

US-ACAN 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 ...

(2006) after Slawek M. Tulaczyk, Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz; USAP researcher of West Antarctic ice streams from 1998.

Maps

Vinson Massif.
Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

References

Tulaczyk Glacier.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer. * Glaciers of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-glacier-stub

See also

Maps

References