Robb 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 ...

about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long, flowing from Clarkson Peak north along the east side of Softbed Ridges to 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 thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between hi ...

at Cape Goldie. Named by the expedition after Murray Robb, leader of 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 ...

(NZGSAE) (1959–60), who traversed this glacier to reach Lowery Glacier.

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Glaciers of the Ross Dependency Shackleton Coast {{ShackletonCoast-geo-stub

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