Beaglehole Glacier
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Beaglehole Glacier is a glacier
between Spur Point
and Friederichsen Glacier
on the east coast of Graham Land
. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
after John Cawte Beaglehole
, New Zealand
historian of the Antarctic and biographer of Captain James Cook
.
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...
between Spur Point
Spur Point
Spur Point is a point at the east end of a black, rocky spur which extends southeast between Anderson Glacier and Sielpnir Glacier to the west side of Cabinet Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. This descriptive name was given by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey following their...
and Friederichsen Glacier
Friederichsen Glacier
Friederichsen Glacier is a glacier 7 nautical miles long, which flows in an easterly direction into Cabinet Inlet, close north of Mount Hulth, on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research...
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...
. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
after John Cawte Beaglehole
John Cawte Beaglehole
John Cawte Beaglehole, OM, CMG was a New Zealand historian whose greatest scholastic achievement was the editing of James Cook’s three journals of exploration, together with the writing of an acclaimed biography of Cook, published posthumously...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
historian of the Antarctic and biographer of Captain James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...
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