Joyce Glacier () is a
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 ...
in Antarctica, immediately north of
Péwé Peak, draining from the
névé
Névé is a young, granular type of snow which has been partially melted, refrozen and compacted, yet precedes the form of ice. This type of snow is associated with glacier formation through the process of ''nivation''. Névé that survives a ...
northeast of
Catacomb Hill and terminating up-valley (west) of the snout of
Garwood Glacier
Garwood Glacier () is a glacier occupying the northwest part of Garwood Valley, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was first mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04), but was not named until 1911, when Thomas Griffith Taylor ...
, which would have been a tributary to it in times of more intense glaciation. It was named by the New Zealand
Blue Glacier
Blue Glacier is a large glacier located to the north of Mount Olympus in the Olympic Mountains of Washington. The glacier covers an area of and contains of ice and snow in spite of its low terminus elevation. The glacier length has decreased fr ...
party (1956–57) after
Ernest Joyce
Ernest Edward Mills Joyce AM ( – 2 May 1940) was a Royal Naval seaman and explorer who participated in four Antarctic expeditions during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, in the early 20th century. He served under both Robert Falcon ...
, a member of
British Antarctic expeditions of
1901–04,
1907–09 and
1914–17.
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See also
* Colleen Lake
* Lake Buddha
References
Glaciers of Victoria Land
Scott Coast
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