Valhalla Glacier
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Valhalla Glacier is a small glacier
in the Asgard Range
located between Mount Valhalla
and Conrow Glacier
. It flows part way down the north wall of the range toward Wright Valley
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) and the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) in consultation.
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...
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....
located between Mount Valhalla
Mount Valhalla
Mount Valhalla is a peak in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land, standing at the west flank of Valhalla Glacier from where it overlooks the south side of Wright Valley. The name is one in a group in the range derived from Norse mythology, Valhalla being the great hall where Odin receives and feasts...
and Conrow Glacier
Conrow Glacier
Conrow Glacier is a small glacier, next westward of Bartley Glacier, that drains north from the Asgard Range partway down the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land. It was named by Roy E. Cameron, leader of a United States Antarctic Research Program biological party to the area in 1966–67,...
. It flows part way down the north wall of the range toward Wright Valley
Wright Valley
The Wright Valley is the central one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . Wright Valley contains the Onyx River, the largest river in Antarctica, Lake Brownworth, the origin of Onyx River, and Lake Vanda, which is fed by...
. It was named by the 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) and the 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) in consultation.