Pape Rock
Pape Rock () is a lone rock at the south side of David Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Shomo Rock, in the Prince Albert Mountains, Oates Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Bernard C. Pape, builder with the South Pole Station winter party, 1966. Rock formations of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ...
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David Glacier
David Glacier is the most imposing outlet glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is named after the geologist Edgeworth David and is fed by two main flows which drain an area larger than 200,000 square kilometres of the East Antarctic plateau, with an estimated ice discharge rate of 7.8 +/- 0.7 km³/year.Frezzotti,M., A.Capra and L.Vittuari, Ann.Glaciol, v27, 54-60 (1998) The northern flow drains from Talos Dome to the Ross Sea, but the main branch of the stream is fed by a network of tributaries which drain a common area of the inner plateau around Dome C and converge in a spectacular icefall normally known as the David Cauldron.Danesi et al., Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v253, p151-158 (2007) The north wall of David Glacier, near its terminus at Cape Philippi, is named D'Urville Wall after Admiral Jules Dumont d'Urville. As the David Glacier flows into the Ross Sea, it forms a floating mass known as the Drygalski Ice Tongue. Hughes Bluff lies nearby. See al ...
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