Wilma Glacier is the western of two
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 ...
s entering the southern part of
Edward VIII Ice Shelf Edward VIII Ice Shelf is an ice shelf occupying the head of Edward VIII Bay in Antarctica. The northern part of this feature was called Innviksletta (the inner bay plain) by Norwegian cartographers, who mapped it from aerial photos taken by the Lars ...
in
Kemp Land
Kemp Land is a thin sliver of Antarctica including, and lying inland from, the Kemp Coast. Part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, Australian Antarctic claim it is defined as lying between 56° 25' E and 59° 34' E, and, as with other sectors ...
,
East Antarctica
East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority (two-thirds) of the Antarctic continent, lying on the Indian Ocean side of the continent, separated from West Antarctica by the Transantarctic Mountains. It lies almost ...
. The second, eastern glacier is
Robert Glacier.
Discovery and naming
Wilma Glacier and Robert Glacier were both seen by an 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 ...
) party led by Robert E. Dovers in November 1954. Dovers, accompanied by G. Schwartz, was carrying out a sledge journey and survey of Edward VIII Bay at the time. Wilma Glacier was named by Robert George Dovers for Dovers' wife. Dovers was officer in charge and surveyor at
Mawson Station
The Mawson Station, commonly called Mawson, is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Mawson lies in Holme Bay in Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica in the Austra ...
in 1954.
[Gazetteer of the Australian Antarctic Data Centre]
Wilma Glacier
Accessed 23 May 2010.
See also
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Glaciology
Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ice.
Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, climato ...
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Kemp Land
Kemp Land is a thin sliver of Antarctica including, and lying inland from, the Kemp Coast. Part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, Australian Antarctic claim it is defined as lying between 56° 25' E and 59° 34' E, and, as with other sectors ...
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List of glaciers in the Antarctic
There are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow, rather than general bodies of ice. Th ...
References
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External links
Australian Antarctic DivisionAustralian Antarctic GazetteerAustralian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)Composite Gazetteer of AntarcticaPDF Map of the Australian Antarctic TerritoryMawson StationANARE Club
Glaciers of Kemp Land
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