McNeile Glacier
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McNeile Glacier is a glacier
flowing northward to the southeast side of Almond Point
where it enters Charcot Bay
, on the west side of Graham Land
. Charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for S.St.C. McNeile, surveyor at the FIDS Hope Bay
base in 1948-49.
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...
flowing northward to the southeast side of Almond Point
Almond Point
Almond Point is a rocky point between Whitecloud Glacier and McNeile Glacier at the head of Charcot Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey who applied the name because of the distinctive shape of the point....
where it enters Charcot Bay
Charcot Bay
Charcot Bay is a bay about wide between Cape Kater and Cape Kjellman along the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld. He named it for Dr...
, on the west side of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. Charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for S.St.C. McNeile, surveyor at the FIDS Hope Bay
Hope Bay
Hope Bay on Trinity Peninsula, is long and wide, indenting the tip of Antarctic Peninsula and opening on Antarctic Sound....
base in 1948-49.