Keltie Glacier is a large
Antarctic 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 as ...
, long, draining from
Pain Névé southwest around the southern extremity of the
Commonwealth Range
The Commonwealth Range is a north-south trending range of rugged mountains, long, located within the Queen Maud Mountains on the Dufek Coast of the continent of Antarctica. The range borders the eastern side of Beardmore Glacier from the Ross ...
, and then northwest to enter
Beardmore Glacier at
Ranfurly Point. It was discovered by the
British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, under
Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of ...
, who named it for Sir
John Scott Keltie
Sir John Scott Keltie (29 March 1840 – 12 January 1927) was a Scottish geographer, best known for his work with the Royal Geographical Society.
History
Keltie was born in Dundee and attended school in Perth. He matriculated at the Unive ...
, Secretary of the
Royal Geographical Society, 1892–1915.
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See also
* List of glaciers in the Antarctic
References
Glaciers of Dufek Coast
Queen Maud Mountains
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