Conrow Glacier
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Conrow Glacier is a small glacier
, next westward of Bartley Glacier
, that drains north from the Asgard Range
partway down the south wall of Wright Valley
, Victoria Land
. It was named by Roy E. Cameron, leader of a United States Antarctic Research Program biological party to the area in 1966–67, for Howard P. Conrow, a member of 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...
, next westward of Bartley Glacier
Bartley Glacier
Bartley Glacier is a hanging glacier on the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land, just west of Meserve Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for construction driver Ollie B. Bartley, U.S. Navy, who was killed on January 14, 1957 when the vehicle he was driving...
, that drains north from the Asgard Range
Asgard Range
The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It dividies Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley, and was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition after Asgard, the home of the Norse gods....
partway down the south wall of Wright Valley
Wright Valley
The Wright Valley is the central one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . Wright Valley contains the Onyx River, the largest river in Antarctica, Lake Brownworth, the origin of Onyx River, and Lake Vanda, which is fed by...
, 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...
. It was named by Roy E. Cameron, leader of a United States Antarctic Research Program biological party to the area in 1966–67, for Howard P. Conrow, a member of that party.