Holdsworth 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 as ...
about long, flowing northeast from
Fuller Dome to enter the southeast side of
Bartlett Glacier, in the
Queen Maud Mountains
The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarcti ...
of Antarctica. It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for
Gerald Holdsworth, who was involved in geological studies at
McMurdo Station in the summer of 1965–66.
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References
Glaciers of Amundsen Coast
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