Blaiklock Glacier
Map showing the location of Blaiklock Glacier
Map showing the location of Blaiklock Glacier
Location of Blaiklock Glacier in Antarctica
LocationCoats Land
Coordinates80°30′S 29°51′W / 80.500°S 29.850°W / -80.500; -29.850
Length16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusShackleton Range
Statusunknown

The Blaiklock Glacier (80°30′S 29°51′W / 80.500°S 29.850°W / -80.500; -29.850) is a glacier 16 nautical miles (30 km) long, flowing north from Turnpike Bluff, then northwest to Mount Provender and Mount Lowe in the western part of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica.[1]

Exploration

The glacier was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), and named for Kenneth V. Blaiklock, the leader of the advance party of the CTAE in 1955–56 and a surveyor with the transpolar party in 1956–58.[1]

Location

Otter Highlands to the southwest of Blaiklock Glacier

The Blaiklock Glacier is one of the larger of the glaciers in the Shackleton Range.[2] The glacier forms below Turnpike Bluff and Wyeth Heights. It flows north and then northeast between the Otter Highlands to the west and the Haskard Highlands to the east.[3] Small glaciers or snowfields trending east from Otter Highlands discharge into Blaiklock Glacier.[4] At its mouth it flows to the south of Nostoc Lake and Mount Provender.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Alberts 1995, p. 72.
  2. ↑ Höfle & Buggisch 1993, p. 184.
  3. 1 2 Shackleton USGS map.
  4. ↑ Skidmore & Clarkson 1972, p. 71.

Sources

  • Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 3 December 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names.
  • Höfle, Hans-Christian; Buggisch, Werner (1993), "Glacial Geology and Petrography of Erratics in the Shackleton Range, Antarctica" (PDF), Polarforschung, vol. 63, no. 213, pp. 183–201, retrieved 5 December 2023
  • Shackleton Range, United States Geological Survey, 1983, retrieved 4 December 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.
  • Skidmore, Michael J.; Clarkson, Peter D. (1972), "Physiography and Glacial Geomorphology of the Shackleton Range" (PDF), Antarctic Survey Bulletin, no. 30, retrieved 6 December 2023


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