Crevasse Valley Glacier
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Crevasse Valley Glacier is a broad glacier
about 30 miles (50 km) long, flowing west-southwest between Chester Mountains
and Saunders Mountain
to Sulzberger Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land
. It was discovered by a sledging party of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, which visited this area in November-December 1934, and so named because of its extensively crevassed surface.
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...
about 30 miles (50 km) long, flowing west-southwest between Chester Mountains
Chester Mountains
The Chester Mountains are a group of mountains just north of the mouth of Crevasse Valley Glacier and north of Saunders Mountain in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. They were mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition and named for Colby M. Chester, president of General Foods Corporation, who...
and Saunders Mountain
Saunders Mountain
Saunders Mountain is a massive islandlike mountain rising to 975 m at the west end of Denfeld Mountains, Ford Ranges, on the Saunders Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on an aerial flight of December 5, 1929, and named by R. Admiral Byrd after Captain Harold E....
to Sulzberger Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...
. It was discovered by a sledging party of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, which visited this area in November-December 1934, and so named because of its extensively crevassed surface.