Waddington Glacier
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Waddington Glacier is a tributary glacier
, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing west-northwest along the south side of Ugolini Peak
, Colwell Massif
, to enter Palais Glacier
, Victoria Land
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) in 1994 after Edwin D. Waddington, geophysicist, University of Washington; from 1990, field investigator at Taylor Dome
in an extended program of glacier geophysical studies.
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...
, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing west-northwest along the south side of Ugolini Peak
Ugolini Peak
Ugolini Peak is a sharp rock peak, over 2,200 m, surmounting the central part of a large ice-free massif 6 miles south of Knobhead, at the south side of upper Ferrar Glacier in Victoria Land. Ugolini Ridge lies to its south east....
, Colwell Massif
Colwell Massif
Colwell Massif is a rugged rock massif, about long, rising to between Palais Glacier, Ferrar Glacier, and Rotunda Glacier, in Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1994 after Rita R...
, to enter Palais Glacier
Palais Glacier
Palais Glacier is a broad glacier, about 8 nautical miles long, flowing north between Wilkniss Mountains and Colwell Massif to enter Ferrar Glacier, in Victoria Land...
, 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 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) in 1994 after Edwin D. Waddington, geophysicist, University of Washington; from 1990, field investigator at Taylor Dome
Taylor Dome
Taylor Dome is an elliptical ice dome, 43 nautical miles long ESE-WNW and 16 nautical miles wide, rising to 2,400 m, centered about 29 nautical miles west-northwest of Mount Crean, Lashly Mountains, Victoria Land...
in an extended program of glacier geophysical studies.