Hatherton Glacier is a large

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 ...

flowing from the

Antarctic The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and other ...

polar plateau generally eastward along the south side of the

Darwin Mountains The Darwin Mountains is a group of mountains between the Darwin and Hatherton glaciers in Antarctica. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Major Leonard Darwin, at that time Honorary Secretary of the R ...

and entering Darwin Glacier at Junction Spur. It was mapped by the Darwin Glacier Party of the

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...

(1956–58), and was named for

Trevor Hatherton Trevor Hatherton (30 September 1924 – 2 May 1992) was a New Zealand geophysicist, scientific administrator and Antarctic scientist. He was born in Sharlston, Yorkshire, England, on 30 September 1924. In the 1958 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hat ...

, Scientific Officer in Charge of Antarctic Activities at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research,

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

, New Zealand.

* Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, '
The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water
'', PP 298, 392, 663 * Charles Swithinbank, '
Antarctica, Issue 1386, Part 2
'', P 26 * METTE K. GILLESPIE, WENDY LAWSON, WOLFGANG RACK, BRIAN ANDERSON, DONALD D. BLANKENSHIP, DUNCAN A. YOUNG, JOHN W. HOLT, '
Geometry and ice dynamics of the Darwin–Hatherton glacial system, Transantarctic Mountains
'', Journal of Glaciology, Volume 63, Issue 242, December 2017, pp. 959–972 * Courtney King, Dr. Brenda Hall, Trevor Hillebrand, and Dr. John Stone, '
History of Grounded Ice in the Ross Embayment since the Last Glacial Maximum Using the Glacial Geology Alongside the Hatherton and Darwin Glacier system, Antarctica
'', Climate Change Institute, University of Maine

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