Mackay Glacier
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Mackay Glacier is a large glacier
in Victoria Land
, descending eastward from the polar plateau, between the Convoy
and Clare Range
s, into the southern part of Granite Harbour. Discovered by the South Magnetic Pole Party of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) and named for Alistair F. Mackay, a member of the party.
Mackay Glacier Tongue is the glacier
tongue of the Mackay Glacier, projecting into Granite Harbour, Victoria Land
. First mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13) and named in association with Mackay Glacier.
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...
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...
, descending eastward from the polar plateau, between the Convoy
Convoy Range
Convoy Range is a broad mountain range, much of it with an almost flat, plateau-like summit, extending south from the Fry Saddle and ending at Mackay Glacier...
and Clare Range
Clare Range
Clare Range is the range extending west-southwest from Sperm Bluff to the Willett Range on the south side of Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land. It was circumnavigated in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition , and named by them after Clare...
s, into the southern part of Granite Harbour. Discovered by the South Magnetic Pole Party of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) and named for Alistair F. Mackay, a member of the party.
Mackay Glacier Tongue is the glacier
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...
tongue of the Mackay Glacier, projecting into Granite Harbour, 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 mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13) and named in association with Mackay Glacier.