David Glacier is the most imposing

outlet 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 ...

in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is named after the geologist

Edgeworth David Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David (28 January 1858 – 28 August 1934) was a Welsh Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer. A household name in his lifetime, David's most significant achievements were discovering the major Hunter V ...

and is fed by two main flows which drain an area larger than 200,000 square kilometres of the East Antarctic plateau, with an estimated ice discharge rate of 7.8 +/- 0.7 km³/year.Frezzotti,M., A.Capra and L.Vittuari, Ann.Glaciol, v27, 54-60 (1998) The northern flow drains from

Talos Dome Talos Dome () (sometimes spelled Thalos Dome) is a large ice dome rising to 2,300 m to the southwest of the Usarp Mountains in Antarctica. The dome overlies the east margin of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin. The feature was delineated by the Scot ...

to the Ross Sea, but the main branch of the stream is fed by a network of tributaries which drain a common area of the inner plateau around Dome C and converge in a spectacular icefall normally known as the David Cauldron.Danesi et al., Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v253, p151-158 (2007) The north wall of David Glacier, near its terminus at

Cape Philippi Cape Philippi () is a rock cape rising abruptly to 490 m along the coast of Victoria Land, marking the north side of the terminus of David Glacier David Glacier is the most imposing outlet glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is named afte ...

, is named

D'Urville Wall D'Urville Wall () is a great glacier-cut wall of granite which rises to and forms the north wall of David Glacier near its terminus, in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land. It was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, ...

after Admiral Jules Dumont d'Urville. As the David Glacier flows into the Ross Sea, it forms a floating mass known as the

Drygalski Ice Tongue The Drygalski Ice Tongue, Drygalski Barrier, or Drygalski Glacier Tongue is a glacier in Antarctica, on the Scott Coast, in the northern McMurdo Sound of Ross Dependency, north of Ross Island. The Drygalski Ice Tongue is stable by the standards ...

. Hughes Bluff lies nearby.

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Glaciers of Victoria Land Ice streams of Antarctica {{VictoriaLand-glacier-stub

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