Champness Glacier
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Champness Glacier is a tributary glacier
, 15 miles (24.1 km) long, draining northeast from the vicinity of Ian Peak
in the Bowers Mountains
and entering Lillie Glacier
at Griffith Ridge
. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
to northern Victoria Land
, 1967–68, for G.R. Champness, field assistant with that party.
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...
, 15 miles (24.1 km) long, draining northeast from the vicinity of Ian Peak
Ian Peak
Ian Peak is a peak in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica, 3 miles northwest of Mount Stirling where the feature overlooks the heads of Leap Year and Champness Glaciers. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1967–68, for Ian Smith, Victoria University geologist in...
in the Bowers Mountains
Bowers Mountains
Bowers Mountains is a group of north-south trending mountains in Antarctica, about 145 km long and 56 km wide, bounded by the coast on the north and by the Rennick, Canham, Black and Lillie glaciers in other quadrants. The seaward end was first sighted in February 1911 from the Terra...
and entering Lillie Glacier
Lillie Glacier
Lillie Glacier is a large glacier, about 160 km long and 16 km wide, between Bowers Mountains on the west and Concord and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier Tongue. The glacier tongue was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition,...
at Griffith Ridge
Griffith Ridge
Griffith Ridge is a rock ridge 5 nautical miles long in the Bowers Mountains, located just within the mouth of Champness Glacier, where the latter joins the larger Lillie Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory...
. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
to northern Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
, 1967–68, for G.R. Champness, field assistant with that party.