Kirkby Glacier
Encyclopedia
Kirkby Glacier is a glacier
, 20 miles in length. This glacier drains the central Anare Mountains
and flows northwest to the sea three miles from Cape North
, and just north of Arthurson Bluff
, northern Victoria Land
.
, surveyor on the ANARE Thala Dan
cruise of 1962, led by Phillip Law
, which explored the area along this coast.
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...
, 20 miles in length. This glacier drains the central Anare Mountains
Anare Mountains
The Anare Mountains are a large group of mainly snow-covered peaks and ridges along the northern coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The group is bounded on the north and east by the Pacific Ocean, on the west by Lillie Glacier, and on the south by Ebbe Glacier and Dennistoun Glacier...
and flows northwest to the sea three miles from Cape North
Cape North (Victoria Land)
Cape North is a large bluff with much rock exposed along the north and east sides, standing at the west side of Nielsen Fjord on the north coast of Victoria Land. The top of the bluff is snow covered and rises to about...
, and just north of Arthurson Bluff
Arthurson Bluff
Arthurson Bluff is a mostly ice-covered bluff overlooking the confluence of Ludvig Glacier and Kirkby Glacier from the west, near the north coast of Victoria Land. A helicopter landing was made here by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions party led by Phillip Law in 1962. The...
, northern 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...
.
Discovery and naming
Kirkby Glacier was named by ANARE for Sydney L. KirkbySydney L. Kirkby
Sydney L. Kirkby, MBE is an Australian surveyor and Antarctic explorer.-Work:Syd Kirkby was first appointed as Surveyor at Mawson Station for 1956, the third year of ANARE operations in Antarctica....
, surveyor on the ANARE Thala Dan
Thala Dan
MV Thala Dan was one of a fleet of icebreaking cargo-passenger ships operated by the Danish J. Lauritzen A/S Lines, and chartered to, inter alia, ANARE...
cruise of 1962, led by Phillip Law
Phillip Law
Phillip Garth Law AC, CBE, FAA was an Australian scientist and explorer who served as director of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1949 to 1966.-Early life:...
, which explored the area along this coast.