Nimrod Glacier
Template:Short description Template:Infobox glacier The Nimrod Glacier (Template:Coord) is a major glacier about Template:Convert long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.Template:Sfn
Location
The Nimrod Glacier flows north between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spills into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Capes Wilson and Lyttelton. It was photographed from the air by USN Operation Highjump, 1946–47. The name, given by US-ACAN, is in association with Shackleton Inlet and is for the Nimrod, the ship of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) under Ernest Shackleton.Template:Sfn The mouth of the glacier is southeast of the Starshot Glacier and the Nursery Glacier.Template:Sfn It is north of Robb Glacier.Template:Sfn
Icefalls
Worsley Icefalls
Template:Coord Icefalls near the head of Nimrod Glacier. Seen by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) and presumbably named for Frank Worsley, member of the British Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-16, and Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-22.Template:Sfn
Cooper Icefalls
Template:Coord. The main icefalls of the Nimrod Glacier, in the vicinity of Kon-Tiki Nunatak. Named by the southern party of the NZGSAE (1960-61) for Christopher Neville Cooper, a member of the expedition, and also a member of the New Zealand Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition, 1959-60.Template:Sfn
Left tributaries
Tributaries from the left (Churchill Mountains) side are, from east to west:
Algie Glacier
Template:Coord. Glacier about Template:Convert long, flowing southeast into Nimrod Glacier just west of Nash Range. Named by the New Zealand Ross Sea Committee for the Hon. R.M. Algie who, as Minister in Charge of Scientific and Industrial Research, gave his strong support to the New Zealand party of the CTAE, 1956-58.Template:Sfn
Errant Glacier
Template:Coord. Glacier, Template:Convert long, which lies on the east side of Holyoake Range and drains south into Nimrod Glacier. This glacier offered a route to the southern party of the NZGSAE (1960-61) when they journeyed north from Nimrod Glacier in December 1960. Named by them to describe the zigzag route of the party in traveling on the glacier in search for a route north.Template:Sfn
Prince Philip Glacier
Template:Coord. Glacier flowing south for about Template:Convert between Cobham and Holyoake ranges into Nimrod Glacier. Named by the NZ-APC for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II.Template:Sfn
Gray Glacier
Template:Distinguish Template:Coord. A glacier in the Cobham Range, Template:Convert long, lying south of Tarakanov Ridge and flowing southeast to merge with Prince Philip Glacier where the two join the Nimrod Glacier. Named by the Holyoake, Cobham, and Queen Elizabeth Ranges party of the NZGSAE (1964-65) for M. Gray, postmaster and assistant radio officer at Scott Base, 1965.Template:Sfn
The Slot
Template:Coord. A small swift glacier descending from the polar plateau between Mount Ronca and Mount Summerson in the Geologists Range. Seen by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) and so named because of its narrowness and crevassed nature.Template:Sfn
Lucy Glacier
Template:Coord. A wide glacier which flows southeast from the polar plateau, between Laird Plateau and McKay Cliffs, into Nimrod Glacier. Named for W.R. Lucy, surveyor with 1963-64 Scott Base projects, who wintered over in 1964, and was surveyor with the 1964-65 Geologists Range field party of the NZGSAE.Template:Sfn
On December 31, 1993, a ski-equipped Hercules (LC-130) aircraft crashed on Lucy Glacier, near Mount Isbell. The aircraft was retrieving a group from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee who had spent six weeks investigating the geology in the mountains between the Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier. The group consisted of Gina Seegers-Szablewski, Greg Gelhar, mountaineer Shaun Norman (New Zealand), and John Isbell.Template:Citation needed
Right tributaries
Tributaries from the right (Queen Elizabeth Range) side are, from east to west:
Lowery Glacier
Template:Main Template:Coord. Glacier about Template:Convert long, which flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau along the east side of Queen Elizabeth Range to enter Nimrod Glacier. Named by the N.Z Geological and Topographical Survey Expedition (1959-60) for J.H. Lowery who, as a member of a field party, suffered injuries when a Sno-cat broke through a crevasse bridge off Cape Selborne in November 1959.Template:Sfn
Doss Glacier
Template:Coord. A small glacier just east of Mount Boman, flowing into Nimrod Glacier from the north slopes of the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Edgar L. Doss, USARP glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1962-63.Template:Sfn
Tranter Glacier
Template:Coord. A glacier in the north part of Queen Elizabeth Range, draining into Nimrod Glacier between Mount Chivers and Mount Boman. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for David L. Tranter, USARP glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1962-63.Template:Sfn
Otago Glacier
Template:Coord Glacier about Template:Convert long draining the northeast side of Mount Markham and entering Nimrod Glacier just east of Svaton Peaks. Named by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) for Otago University, New Zealand.Template:Sfn
Heilman Glacier
Template:Coord. A glacier in the north part of Queen Elizabeth Range, flowing northwest from Mount Sandved into Nimrod Glacier. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for William L. Heilman, USARP glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1961-62.Template:Sfn
Hamilton Glacier
Template:Coord. A glacier about Template:Convert long flowing from the northwest slopes of Markham Plateau in the Queen Elizabeth Range into Nimrod Glacier. Named by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1960-61) for W.M. Hamilton, Secretary of the New Zealand Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research.Template:Sfn
Marsh Glacier
Template:Main Template:Coord. Glacier about Template:Convert long, flowing north from the polar plateau between the Miller Range and Queen Elizabeth Range into Nimrod Glacier. Seen by a New Zealand party of the CTAE (1956-58) and named for G.W. Marsh, a member of the party.Template:Sfn
See also
References
Sources
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