Fry Glacier
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Fry Glacier () is a glacier draining the slopes at the northeast corner of the
Convoy Range Convoy Range () is a broad mountain range in Antarctica. Much of the range has a nearly flat plateau-like summit, extending south from the Fry Saddle and ending at Mackay Glacier. The range has steep cliffs on its east side, but it slopes gently i ...
and flowing along the south end of the Kirkwood Range into
Tripp Bay Tripp Bay is a bay along the coast of Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from t ...
, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was first charted 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, ...
, and named for A.M. Fry, a contributor to the expedition.


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Glaciers of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub