Sykes Glacier
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Sykes Glacier is a north-flowing glacier
located just east of Plane Table
in the Asgard Range
, Victoria Land
. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) for New Zealand
film director Jeremy Sykes who perished in a helicopter accident at nearby Mount McLennan
, November 19, 1969.
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...
located just east of Plane Table
Plane Table
Plane Table is a distinctive ice free mesa in the north part of the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. This flattish feature surmounts the area between Nibelungen Valley and the Sykes Glacier and commands an extensive view of Wright Valley...
in the Asgard Range
Asgard Range
The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It dividies Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley, and was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition after Asgard, the home of the Norse gods....
, 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...
. 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 New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
film director Jeremy Sykes who perished in a helicopter accident at nearby Mount McLennan
Mount McLennan
Mount McLennan is a mountain 4 nautical miles south of Howard Hills in the northeast part of the Scott Mountains, Enderby Land. It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956 and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for K...
, November 19, 1969.