Crisp Glacier
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Crisp Glacier is a glacier
between Killer Ridge
and Second Facet
, flowing southeast into Debenham Glacier
in Victoria Land
. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Kelton W. Crisp, U.S. Navy, who was in charge of the electric shop at McMurdo Station
, 1962.
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 Killer Ridge
Killer Ridge
Killer Ridge is a dark ridge rising over 1,000 m between Crisp and Miller Glaciers in the Gonville and Caius Range, in Victoria Land. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition and named after the killer whale, whose outline the ridge is said to resemble....
and Second Facet
Second Facet
Second Facet is a steep ice-free bluff standing just west of First Facet, the two features together forming the north wall of Debenham Glacier in Victoria Land. Charted and descriptively named by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910-13....
, flowing southeast into Debenham Glacier
Debenham Glacier
Debenham Glacier is a glacier flowing into the northern part of Wilson Piedmont Glacier on the coast of Victoria Land. First mapped by the Discovery expedition . It was named by the British Antarctic Expedition for Frank Debenham, geologist with the expedition and Director of the Scott Polar...
in 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...
. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Kelton W. Crisp, U.S. Navy, who was in charge of the electric shop at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
, 1962.