
Berwick Glacier () is a tributary
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such a ...
, long, flowing southeast between the
Marshall Mountains and the
Adams Mountains
The Adams Mountains () are a small but well defined group of mountains in Queen Alexandra Range, bounded by the Beardmore, Berwick, Moody and Bingley Glaciers. Discovered by British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) and named Adams Mountains for ...
to enter
Beardmore Glacier
The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being long and having a width of . It descends about from the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf and is bordered by the Commonwealth Range of the Que ...
at
Willey Point Willey Point () is a conspicuous rock point along the west side of Beardmore Glacier, marking the south side of the mouth of Berwick Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Francis J. Willey III, United States Antarctic ...
in
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest co ...
. It was named by the
British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09
The ''Nimrod'' Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three successful expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second expedition to the Antarctic. Its main target, ...
, (BrAE) after
HMS ''Berwick'', a vessel on which Lieutenant
Jameson B. Adams Jameson may refer to:
*Jameson (name)
Places
;In the United States
* Jameson, Missouri
* Jameson, Washington
;Elsewhere
* Jameson Islands, Nunavut, Canada
* Jameson Land, Greenland
* Jameson Point, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Other
...
of the BrAE had served. The map of the
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13
The ''Terra Nova'' Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the expedition had various scientific and geographical objec ...
, and some subsequent maps transpose the positions of Berwick Glacier and
Swinford Glacier
The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being long and having a width of . It descends about from the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf and is bordered by the Commonwealth Range of the Queen ...
. The latter lies southwestward, and the original 1907–09 application of Berwick Glacier is the one recommended.
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References
Glaciers of the Ross Dependency
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