Flagstaff Glacier () is a very small
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#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...
lying immediately north of
Flagstaff Hill Flagstaff Hill usually refers to a hill on which a flag was erected. It may refer to:
Place names Australia
* Flagstaff Hill, near Linton, Victoria
* Flagstaff Hill, Melbourne, a hill in the historic Flagstaff Gardens, Melbourne
* Flagstaff Hill, S ...
on
Keller Peninsula Keller Peninsula is a high peninsula separating Mackellar Inlet and Martel Inlet in Admiralty Bay (South Shetland Islands), Admiralty Bay, on King George Island (South Shetland Islands), King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctic ...
,
King George Island, in the
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...
. The name arose locally in about 1958 and derives from association with Flagstaff Hill.
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See also
* List of glaciers in the Antarctic
There are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow, rather than general bodies of ice. Th ...
* Glaciology
Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ice.
Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, climato ...
References
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Glaciers of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
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