Hearfield Glacier
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Hearfield Glacier is a tributary glacier
which flows east-southeast along the south side of Cartographers Range
and enters Trafalgar Glacier
just east of Aldridge Peak
, in the Victory Mountains
of Victoria Land
. Named by the northern party of NZFMCAE, 1962–63, for B. Hearfield, a leading New Zealand
alpinist and a member of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1957–58, which also worked in the Tucker Glacier
area.
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...
which flows east-southeast along the south side of Cartographers Range
Cartographers Range
Cartographers Range is a rugged mountain range about long in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land in Antarctica. It is bounded on the north by Pearl Harbor Glacier, on the east by Tucker Glacier, and on the south by Hearfield and Trafalgar Glaciers....
and enters Trafalgar Glacier
Trafalgar Glacier
Trafalgar Glacier is a tributary glacier about 30 nautical miles long, flowing east in the Victory Mountains to join Tucker Glacier below Bypass Hill, in Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1957–58, in association with the Victory Mountains and after the...
just east of Aldridge Peak
Aldridge Peak
Aldridge Peak is a peak on the ridge between Hearfield Glacier and Trafalgar Glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos in 1960–62 and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names...
, in the Victory Mountains
Victory Mountains
The Victory Mountains is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea...
of 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 northern party of NZFMCAE, 1962–63, for B. Hearfield, a leading New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
alpinist and a member of 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...
(NZGSAE), 1957–58, which also worked in the Tucker Glacier
Tucker Glacier
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea...
area.