Nursery Glacier () is a coastal glacier in the

Churchill Mountains The Churchill Mountains are a mountain range group of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ross Dependency region of Antarctica. They border on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier. Seve ...

of Anarctica.

Location

The glacier is about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long. It flows southeast along the west side of

Darley Hills The Darley Hills () are a range of high, ice-covered coastal hills in the Churchill Mountains, Antarctica. Location The Darley Hills overlook the Ross Ice Shelf, and trend north–south for about between Cape Douglas and Cape Parr. To the west, ...

to enter

Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between hi ...

just south of

Cape Parr Cape Parr () is a large snow-covered cape along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thic ...

. It is joined from the west by the Silk Glacier in its upper reaches and the Jorda Glacier near its mouth. It merges with the larger

Starshot Glacier Starshot Glacier () is a glacier 50 nautical miles (90 km) long, flowing from the polar plateau eastward through the Churchill Mountains, then north along the west side of Surveyors Range, entering the Ross Ice Shelf south of Cape Parr. So ...

coming from the south as it enters the ice shelf. The

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(NZGSAE) (1959–60) named it Nursery Glacier because it was on this glacier that a litter of

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pups was born.

Tributaries

Jorda Glacier

. A glacier, about long that drains the east slopes of the Churchill Mountains between

Mount Coley Mount Coley () is a mountain, high, standing south of Mount Frost, in the Churchill Mountains. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Vernon J. Coley, commanding officer of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 Air Developmen ...

and

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and merges with the lower Nursery Glacier just before the latter enters the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Henry P. Jorda, USN, pilot with Squadron VX-6 during USN OpDFrz I, 1955-56.

Lee Glacier

. A glacier flowing southeast into Jorda Glacier. Mount Frost and

are located at its head. The glacier was named in honor of Sandra Lee, a former

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Minister of Conservation, for her contribution to environmental protection in Antarctica and its surrounding waters.

Bally Glacier

. A glacier long which occupies the central part of the Carlstrom Foothills. It flows north along the east side of

Mount Blick The Carlstrom Foothills () are a group of peaks and ridges running north–south between Mount Albert Markham and Kelly Plateau in the Churchill Mountains. The feature is long with summits rising to . It was named by the Advisory Committee on Anta ...

into Jorda Glacier. It was named by the

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after John Bally of the

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Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy,

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; he was a

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principal investigator and field team member of the Advanced Telescope Project,

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Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica, 1992–95.

Silk Glacier

. A glacier, long, draining the east slopes of the Churchill Mountains between Mount Frost and Mount Zinkovich to enter Nursery Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Cdt. P.R.H. Silk, RNZN, commanding officer of HMNZS Endeavour II in Antarctic waters, 1963-64.

McLay Glacier

. A glacier flowing southeast into Nursery Glacier.

Mount Durnford Cooper Snowfield () is a snowfield with an area of about in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica. Location The snowfield rises to over and is nearly encircled by ridges connecting Mount Field, Mount Durnford, and Mount Liard. It was named a ...

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and

Mount Liard Cooper Snowfield () is a snowfield with an area of about in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica. Location The snowfield rises to over and is nearly encircled by ridges connecting Mount Field, Mount Durnford, and Mount Liard. It was named a ...

flank the north and

Turk Peak Mount Zinkovich () is a pointed mountain, high, standing north of Mount Frost at the north side of the head of Silk Glacier in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica. Name Mount Zinkovich was named by US-ACAN for Lt. Col. Michael Zinkovich, USA ...

and

Bradshaw Peak Bradshaw Peak () is a peak rising to , south east of Turk Peak, Churchill Mountains. It is situated on the south west side of McLay Glacier. The peak was named in honor of Margaret Bradshaw, geological scientist, University of Canterbury. Marg ...

flank the south. It was named in honor of the Honourable Sir

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, KNZM QSO, who was the former Minister of Justice, Attorney-General and

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. He held the position of New Zealand's Whaling Commissioner for 9 years, during which time he fought for the

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, and opposed scientific whaling.

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