Ambergris Glacier
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Ambergris Glacier is a glacier
flowing south-southeast into Flask Glacier
, just west of Fluke Ridge
on the east coast of Graham Land
, Antarctica. One of several names in the area that reflect a whaling theme, it was named in 1987 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee from the substance
secreted by the sperm whale
and used in perfumery.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
flowing south-southeast into Flask Glacier
Flask Glacier
Flask Glacier , is a gently-sloping glacier, 25 miles long, flowing east from Bruce Plateau to enter Scar Inlet between Daggoo and Spouter Peaks in Graham Land, Antarctica. The lower reaches of this glacier were surveyed and photographed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey in 1947...
, just west of Fluke Ridge
Fluke Ridge
Fluke Ridge is a narrow rock ridge rising to about 300 m on the north side of Flask Glacier near the terminus, on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1987. One of several names in the area from Melville's Moby Dick which reflect a whaling...
on the east coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, Antarctica. One of several names in the area that reflect a whaling theme, it was named in 1987 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee from the substance
Ambergris
Ambergris is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull gray or blackish color produced in the digestive system of and regurgitated or secreted by sperm whales....
secreted by the sperm whale
Sperm Whale
The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter...
and used in perfumery.