Mellor Glacier
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Mellor Glacier is a tributary glacier
, flowing northnortheast between Mount Newton
and Mount Maguire
and coalescing with Collins Glacier
just prior to junction with Lambert Glacier
at Patrick Point
, in the Prince Charles Mountains
, Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
) in 1956. Named by ANCA after Malcolm Mellor (1933-91), English-born glaciologist at Mawson Station
, 1957, and engineer with the U.S. Army's CRREL, from 1961 to 1991.
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 northnortheast between Mount Newton
Mount Newton
Mount Newton is a large humped mountain with a boulder strewn surface and conical peak near the center, standing between flow of Collins and Mellor Glaciers in the Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped by ANARE from air photos taken in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Dr. G...
and Mount Maguire
Mount Maguire
Mount Maguire is a large flat-topped mountain with a distinctive pointed nunatak on the east side, located 22 nautical miles south of Cumpston Massif near the head of Lambert Glacier. Mapped from ANARE air photos and surveys, 1956-58. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Sgt. O...
and coalescing with Collins Glacier
Collins Glacier
Collins Glacier is a glacier about wide at its confluence with the Mellor Glacier, which it feeds from the southwest, located north of Mount Newton in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from air photos taken in 1956...
just prior to junction with Lambert Glacier
Lambert Glacier
Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 60 miles wide, over 250 miles long, and about 2,500 meters deep, it holds the Guinness world record for the world's largest glacier...
at Patrick Point
Patrick Point
Patrick Point is the northern point of Cumpston Massif, at the junction of Mellor and Lambert Glaciers in the Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped from air photos taken by ANARE in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Patrick Albion, radio operator at Mawson Station, 1956....
, in the Prince Charles Mountains
Prince Charles Mountains
Prince Charles Mountains is a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica, including the Athos Range, the Porthos Range, and the Aramis Range. The highest peak is Mount Menzies . Other prominent peaks are Mount Izabelle and Mount Stinear...
, Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...
) in 1956. Named by ANCA after Malcolm Mellor (1933-91), English-born glaciologist at Mawson Station
Mawson Station
Mawson Station is one of three permanent Australian bases in the Australian Antarctic Territory of East Antarctica. Named after Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, the base is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division...
, 1957, and engineer with the U.S. Army's CRREL, from 1961 to 1991.