Nielsen Glacier
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Nielsen Glacier is a glacier
, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, discharging into the west side of Robertson Bay
just west of Calf Point
, northern Victoria Land
. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition
, 1898–1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Professor Yngvar Nielsen
of Christiania University, Norway.
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...
, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, discharging into the west side of Robertson Bay
Robertson Bay
Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, Surgeon on the HMS Terror....
just west of Calf Point
Calf Point
Calf Point is a point between the terminus of Nielsen Glacier and Penelope Point on the west shore of Robertson Bay, northern Victoria Land. It was charted and named in 1911 by the Northern Party, led by Victor Campbell, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and named because of the great...
, 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...
. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition
Southern Cross Expedition
The Southern Cross Expedition, officially known as the British Antarctic Expedition 1898–1900, was the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, and the forerunner of the more celebrated journeys of Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton...
, 1898–1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Professor Yngvar Nielsen
Yngvar Nielsen
Yngvar Nielsen was a Norwegian historian, politician, geographer and pioneer of tourism in Norway.-Background:...
of Christiania University, Norway.