Moubray Piedmont Glacier () is a
piedmont glacier
Glacier morphology, or the form a glacier takes, is influenced by temperature, precipitation, topography, and other factors. The goal of glacial morphology is to gain a better understanding of glaciated landscapes and the way they are shaped. Ty ...
filling the northern part of
Moubray Bay Moubray Bay () is a bay in the western Ross Sea, indenting the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Cape Roget and Cape Hallett. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 186 ...
, Antarctica, formed by the confluence of
Moubray Glacier
Moubray Glacier is a rather steep glacier flowing south to Moubray Bay from Adare Saddle on Adare Peninsula in Antarctica. It is one of the main contributors of ice to Moubray Piedmont Glacier. The glacier was named by the New Zealand Geological ...
and of ice streams falling from the west side of the south end of
Adare Peninsula
The Adare Peninsula, sometimes called the Cape Adare Peninsula, is a high ice-covered peninsula, long, in the northeast part of Victoria Land, extending south from Cape Adare to Cape Roget. The peninsula is considered the southernmost point of ...
. The greater part of it is probably afloat. It was named by the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Features named by the expeditions 1957 ...
of 1957–58 for Moubray Bay.
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Glaciers of Victoria Land
Borchgrevink Coast
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