Zetland Glacier
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Zetland Glacier is a small hanging glacier on the southern slopes of Mount Alexandra
in Denton Hills
, Scott Coast
. The glacier terminates on the cliffs north of Colleen Lake. The name, applied by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1994, is taken from an old spelling for the Shetland Islands
of Scotland
.
Mount Alexandra (Antarctica)
Mount Alexandra is a mountain rising to at the south side of the head of Garwood Glacier in the Denton Hills, Scott Coast. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board after Jane Alexandra , an early botanist with an interest in lower plants; born in Calcutta, she came to New Zealand in 1862....
in Denton Hills
Denton Hills
The Denton Hills are a group of rugged foothills, 24 nautical miles long SW-NE and 9 nautical miles wide, to the east of Royal Society Range on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The feature comprises a series of E-trending ridges and valleys circumscribed by Howchin Glacier, Armitage Saddle, Blue...
, Scott Coast
Scott Coast
Scott Coast is that portion of the coast of Victoria Land between Cape Washington and Minna Bluff. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy, leader of the Discovery expedition and the British Antarctic Expedition , who lost his...
. The glacier terminates on the cliffs north of Colleen Lake. The name, applied by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1994, is taken from an old spelling for the Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands
Shetland is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain. The islands lie some to the northeast of Orkney and southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total...
of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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