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{{Short description|Glacier in Antarctica}}
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| terminus      = [[Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf]]
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The '''Slessor Glacier''' is a [[glacier]] at least 140&nbsp;km (75 nmi) long and 90&nbsp;km (50 nmi) wide, flowing west into the [[Filchner Ice Shelf]] to the north of the [[Shackleton Range]]. First seen from the air and mapped by the [[Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] (CTAE) in 1956. Named by the CTAE for [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] Marshal Sir [[John Slessor]], chairman of the expedition committee.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://geographic.org/geographic_names/antname.php?uni=14017&fid=antgeo_121 |title = Slessor Glacier, Antarctica | website = Geographical Names | access-date = 25 January 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Ice stream]]
* [[List of glaciers in the Antarctic]]
* [[List of Antarctic ice streams]]
* [[Glaciology]]

==References==
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{{Glaciers}}
{{Glaciers in the Antarctic}}
{{Glaciers of Coats Land}}

[[Category:Glaciers of Coats Land]]
[[Category:Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf]]


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