Nemesis Glacier () is a large

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 ...

which flows northeast through the center of the

Aramis Range On the continent of Antarctica, the Aramis Range is the third Mountain range, range south in the Prince Charles Mountains, situated 11 miles southeast of the Porthos Range and extending for about 30 miles in a southwest–northeast direction. It ...

Prince Charles Mountains The Prince Charles Mountains are a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica, including the Athos Range, the Porthos Range, and the Aramis Range. The highest peak is Mount Menzies, with a height of . Other prominent peaks a ...

. Discovered in January 1957 by ANARE (

Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAp) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). History Australia has had a long involv ...

) southern party under W.G. Bewsher, and named after Homer's Nemesis because considerable difficulty was experienced in traversing the region due to the glacier.

* James P. Minard,
Glaciology and Glacial Geology of Antarctica
', P 19 * Johanna Laybourn-Parry, Jemma Wadham,
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' * BERND WAGNER, NADJA HULTZSCH, MARTIN MELLES, and DAMIAN B. GORE,
Indications of Holocene sea-level rise in Beaver Lake, East Antarctica
', Antarctic Science 19 (1), 125–128 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1017/S095410200700017X * Adamson, D.A, Mabin, Mark, Luly, Jon,
Holocene isostasy and late Cenozoic development of landforms including Beaver and Radok Lake basins in the Amery Oasis, Prince Charles Mountains, Antartica
', Antarctic Science 9(03):299 - 306, September 1997 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102097000382 * Ian C. W. Fitzsimons,
The Metamorphic Histories of some Proterozoic Granulites from East Antarctica
', January 1991 * Herzfeld U.C. (2004),
Combination of SAR and Radar Altimeter Data: Lambert Glacier/Amery Ice Shelf
', Atlas of Antarctica. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg * Hultzsch, N., Wagner, B., Diekmann, B., & White, D. (2008),
Mineralogical implications for the Late Pleistocene glaciation in Amery Oasis, East Antarctica, from a lake sediment core.
', Antarctic Science, 20(2), 169–172. https://doi:10.1017/S0954102007000880

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* Glaciers of Mac. Robertson Land {{Antarctica-glacier-stub

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