Bingley Glacier
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Bingley Glacier is a glacier
8 miles (12.9 km) long in Queen Alexandra Range
, draining south from the slopes of Mount Kirkpatrick
, Mount Dickerson
and Barnes Peak
and entering Beardmore Glacier
just north of Adams Mountains
. It was named by Ernest Shackleton
(British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09) after Bingley, England, the ancestral home of the Shackleton family.
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...
8 miles (12.9 km) long in Queen Alexandra Range
Queen Alexandra Range
The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range in East Antarctica, about 160 km long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf. Alternate names for this range include Alexandra Mountains, Alexandra Range and Königin Alexandra...
, draining south from the slopes of Mount Kirkpatrick
Mount Kirkpatrick
Mount Kirkpatrick is a lofty, generally ice-free mountain in Antarctica's Queen Alexandra Range. Located 8 km west of Mount Dickerson, Mt. Kirkpatrick is the highest point in the Queen Alexandra Range, as well as in its parent range, the Transantarctic Mountains...
, Mount Dickerson
Mount Dickerson
Mount Dickerson is a prominent mountain, standing 6 km east of Mount Kirkpatrick in the Queen Alexandra Range in East Antarctica. The mountain was named by US-ACAN for LCDR Richard G. Dickerson, US Navy, VX-6 aircraft commander during US naval operations in 1964....
and Barnes Peak
Barnes Peak
Barnes Peak is a peak, high, standing southeast of Mount Dickerson in the Queen Alexandra Range. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Elwood E. Barnes, United States Antarctic Research Program cosmic rays scientist at Hallett Station, 1963....
and entering Beardmore Glacier
Beardmore Glacier
The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest glaciers in the world, with a length exceeding 160 km . The glacier is one of the main passages from the Ross Ice Shelf through the Queen Alexandra and Commonwealth ranges of the Transantarctic Mountains to the Antarctic Plateau, and was one...
just north of Adams Mountains
Adams Mountains
The Adams Mountains are a small but well defined group of mountains in Queen Alexandra Range, bounded by the Beardmore, Berwick, Moody and Bingley Glaciers. Discovered by British Antarctic Expedition and named Adams Mountains for Lieutenant Jameson B. Adams, second in command of the expedition...
. It was named by Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE was a notable explorer from County Kildare, Ireland, who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration...
(British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09) after Bingley, England, the ancestral home of the Shackleton family.