Webb Glacier (Victoria Land)
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Webb Glacier is a glacier
just north of Mount Bastion
and Gibson Spur
, flowing south-east into the head of Barwick Valley
in Victoria Land
. It was named by the Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions (VUWAE) (1958–59) for P.N. Webb who, with B.C. McKelvey, did the first geological exploration in this area (1957–58) and was in Wright Valley
with VUWAE in 1958–59.
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...
just north of Mount Bastion
Mount Bastion
Mount Bastion is a mountain, 2,530 m, standing west of Webb Glacier and Gibson Spur, where the interior ice plateau meets the Willett Range in Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for its buttress-like appearance....
and Gibson Spur
Gibson Spur
Gibson Spur is a high rocky spur just west of the mouth of Webb Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition after G.W. Gibson, one of the party's geologists....
, flowing south-east into the head of Barwick Valley
Barwick Valley
Barwick Valley is an ice-free valley north of Apocalypse Peaks, extending from Webb Glacier to Victoria Valley in Victoria Land. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for R.E...
in 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...
. It was named by the Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions (VUWAE) (1958–59) for P.N. Webb who, with B.C. McKelvey, did the first geological exploration in this area (1957–58) and was in 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...
with VUWAE in 1958–59.