Egeberg Glacier
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Egeberg Glacier is a small glacier
between Scott Keltie Glacier
and Dugdale Glacier
, flowing into the west side of Robertson Bay
, Victoria Land
. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Consul Westye Egeberg of Christiania (now Oslo), Norway.
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 Scott Keltie Glacier
Scott Keltie Glacier
Scott Keltie Glacier is a very small glacier discharging into Robertson Bay between Penelope Point and Egeberg Glacier, on the north coast of Victoria Land. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink. He named it for Sir John Scott Keltie, Secretary of...
and Dugdale Glacier
Dugdale Glacier
Dugdale Glacier is a glacier about 46 km long, draining northeast from the Admiralty Mountains into Robertson Bay on the north coast of Victoria Land. It flows along the west side of Geikie Ridge before coalescing with Murray Glacier just west of Duke of York Island...
, flowing into the west side of Robertson Bay
Robertson Bay
Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, Surgeon on the HMS Terror....
, 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...
. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Consul Westye Egeberg of Christiania (now Oslo), Norway.