Wylde Glacier
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Wylde Glacier is a glacier
situated east of Mount Murchison
in the Mountaineer Range
, draining south between Dessent Ridge
and Cape King
into Lady Newnes Bay
, Victoria Land
. Named in 1966 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) for Leonard Wylde, scientific officer at Hallett Station, 1962-63.
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...
situated east of Mount Murchison
Mount Murchison
Mount Murchison may refer to:In Antarctica* Mount Murchison , Antarctica* Mount Murchison , the highest peak in the Mountaineer Range, AntarcticaIn Australia* Mount Murchison In Canada* Mount Murchison...
in the Mountaineer Range
Mountaineer Range
Mountaineer Range is the range of mountains lying between the Mariner and Aviator Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The seaward parts of the range were first viewed by Ross in 1841, and subsequently by several British and later American expeditions. The precise mapping of its overall features...
, draining south between Dessent Ridge
Dessent Ridge
Dessent Ridge is a mountainous, ice-covered ridge situated 5 nautical miles east of Mount Murchison in the Mountaineer Range of Victoria Land. The ridge trends north-south for 10 miles. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory...
and Cape King
Cape King
Cape King is a cape along the coast of Victoria Land, forming the seaward end of the rocky west wall of Wylde Glacier where the glacier enters Lady Newnes Bay, Ross Sea. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on...
into Lady Newnes Bay
Lady Newnes Bay
Lady Newnes Bay is a bay about 60 mi long in the western Ross Sea, extending along the coast of Victoria Land from Cape Sibbald to Coulman Island. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, led by Carstens Borchgrevink. He named it for Lady Newnes, whose husband, Sir George...
, 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 in 1966 by 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) for Leonard Wylde, scientific officer at Hallett Station, 1962-63.