Perez Glacier
Encyclopedia
Perez Glacier is a glacier
, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing northeast from Mount Brennan
in the Hughes Range
to the Ross Ice Shelf
east of Giovinco Ice Piedmont
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Ensign Richard Perez, U.S. Navy, of Squadron VX-6
, Antarctic Support Activity, who participated in USN. Operation Deepfreeze 1964; wintered at McMurdo Station
in 1961.
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...
, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing northeast from Mount Brennan
Mount Brennan
Mount Brennan is a dome-shaped mountain, high, which is the northernmost prominent summit in the Hughes Range, standing northeast of Mount Cartwright. It was discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service on Flight C of February 29–March 1, 1940, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in...
in the Hughes Range
Hughes Range (Antarctica)
The Hughes Range is a high massive north-south trending mountain range in Antarctica, surmounted by six prominent summits, of which Mount Kaplan is the highest...
to the Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...
east of Giovinco Ice Piedmont
Giovinco Ice Piedmont
Giovinco Ice Piedmont is an ice piedmont, 10 nautical miles wide, between Canyon Glacier and Perez Glacier, gradually descending north to the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for F.A. Giovinco, Master of the USNS Pvt. John R. Towle during U.S. Navy Operation...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Ensign Richard Perez, U.S. Navy, of Squadron VX-6
VX-6
Air Development Squadron Six was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
, Antarctic Support Activity, who participated in USN. Operation Deepfreeze 1964; wintered at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
in 1961.