Prince Edward Glacier
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Prince Edward Glacier is a glacier
draining the north side of Cotton Plateau
in the Queen Elizabeth Range
and flowing north for about 6 nautical miles (11 km) along the west side of Hochstein Ridge
. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) for Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
, son of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
.
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...
draining the north side of Cotton Plateau
Cotton Plateau
Cotton Plateau is a snow-covered plateau just east of the mouth of Marsh Glacier, in the Queen Elizabeth Range. It was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition for Sir Charles Cotton, noted New Zealand geomorphologist and authority on glacial landforms....
in the Queen Elizabeth Range
Queen Elizabeth Range (Antarctica)
The Queen Elizabeth Range is a rugged mountain range in Antarctica paralleling the eastern side of Marsh Glacier for nearly 160 km from Nimrod Glacier in the north to Law Glacier in the south. Mount Markham , is the highest elevation in the range.Named by J.H. Miller of the New Zealand party...
and flowing north for about 6 nautical miles (11 km) along the west side of Hochstein Ridge
Hochstein Ridge
Hochstein Ridge is a ridge 12 nautical miles long, extending north from Cotton Plateau between Prince Edward Glacier and Prince of Wales Glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62...
. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
(NZ-APC) for Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO is the third son and fourth child of Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh...
, son of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
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