Cornwall Glacier
Map showing the location of Cornwall Glacier
Map showing the location of Cornwall Glacier
Location of Cornwall Glacier in Antarctica
LocationCoats Land
Coordinates80°47′S 26°16′W / 80.783°S 26.267°W / -80.783; -26.267
Length9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusShackleton Range
Statusunknown

Cornwall Glacier (80°47′S 26°16′W / 80.783°S 26.267°W / -80.783; -26.267) is a glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, flowing south from Crossover Pass in the Shackleton Range to join Recovery Glacier east of Ram Bow Bluff.[1]

Expoloration

Cornwall Glacier was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, and named for General Sir James Handyside Marshall-Cornwall, a member of the Committee of Management of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955–58.[1]

Location

Cornwall Glacier slopes south from the Shotton Snowfield to the Recovery Glacier, which it reaches between the Du Toit Nunataks to the east and the Stephenson Bastion to the west.[2][3] Cornwall Glacier is relatively short and immature. It appears to be static. The valleys on either side probably do not contribute ice.[4]

The glacier originates near Crossover Pass and Spath Crest, which lie on the ice divide in the Shackleton Mountains, with Cornwall Glacier flowing south from this area while Gordon Glacier flows north.[3][2] The valleys of the Gordon and Cornwall glaciers may reflect an underlying fault zone, and have been treated as a divide between the western and eastern portions of the Shackleton Range.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Alberts 1995, p. 154.
  2. 1 2 Shackleton USGS map.
  3. 1 2 Höfle & Buggisch 1993, p. 184.
  4. ↑ Skidmore & Clarkson 1972, p. 75.
  5. ↑ Skidmore & Clarkson 1972, p. 71.

Sources

  • Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 3 December 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names.
  • Höfle, Hans-Christian; Buggisch, Werner (1993), "Glacial Geology and Petrography of Erratics in the Shackleton Range, Antarctica" (PDF), Polarforschung, vol. 63, no. 213, pp. 183–201, retrieved 5 December 2023
  • Shackleton Range, United States Geological Survey, 1983, retrieved 4 December 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.
  • Skidmore, Michael J.; Clarkson, Peter D. (1972), "Physiography and Glacial Geomorphology of the Shackleton Range" (PDF), Antarctic Survey Bulletin, no. 30, retrieved 6 December 2023


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