Webb 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 ...
just north of
Mount Bastion and
Gibson Spur, flowing south-east into the head of
Barwick Valley in
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...
. It was named by the
Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions (VUWAE) (1958–59) for
P.N. Webb who, with
B.C. McKelvey, did the first geological exploration in this area (1957–58) and was in
Wright Valley
The Wright Valley, named for Sir Charles Wright, is the central one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . Wright Valley contains the Onyx River, the longest river in Ant ...
with VUWAE in 1958–59.
References
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Glaciers of McMurdo Dry Valleys
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