Wright Upper Glacier () is an ice apron at the upper west end of

Wright Valley The Wright Valley () is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for Wright Upper Glacier at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the VU ...

in the

Asgard Range The Asgard Range () is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It divides Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley. It is south of the Olympus Range and north of the Quartermain Mountains and the Kukri Hills. Name The Asga ...

, Antarctica. It is formed by a glacier flowing east from the inland ice plateau. It was named by the

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(VUWAE) (1958–59) for C. S. Wright, a member of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13), after whom the "Wright Glacier" (adjusted to

Wright Lower Glacier Wilson Piedmont Glacier () is a large piedmont glacier extending from Granite Harbour to Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land. Discovery and name The Wilson Piedmont Glacier was discovered by the ''Discovery'' expedition, 1901–1904. ...

by the VUWAE) was named.

Location

The head of the Wright Upper Glacier is to the east of the

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, Horseshoe Mountain and Mount Fleming. To their north, the glacier is fed by the Airdevronsix Icefalls, and to their south the Warren Icefalls and Vortex Col descend into the glacier. Mount Baldr, at the eastern end of the

, is south of the glacier, and the

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is to the east. Apollo Peak at the west end of the

Olympus Range The Olympus Range () is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south. It is south of the Clare Range and north o ...

is to the northeast.

Features

Airdevronsix Icefalls

. A line of icefalls at the head of Wright Upper Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by United States Navy

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(1956-57) for United States Navy Air Development Squadron Six, which had been formed to provide air support for the Deep Freeze operations and which had also carried out many important Antarctic exploratory flights. The Airdevronsix icefall is wide and high.

Horseshoe Mountain

. A mountain just west of Mount Fleming, standing on the north side of the head of

Taylor Glacier The Taylor Glacier () is a glacier in Antarctica about long, flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land into the western end of Taylor Valley, north of the Kukri Hills. It flows to the south of the Asgard Range. The middle part of the glacier is ...

, near the edge of the polar plateau. Discovered by the

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(BrNAE) (1901-04) and so named because of its shape.

Mount Fleming

. A mountain, over high, standing at the southwest side of Airdevronsix Icefalls and Wright Upper Glacier. Named in 1957 by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of the

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(CTAE) (1956-58) for Doctor C.A. Fleming, Senior Paleontologist of the N.Z. Geological Survey, and Chairman of the Royal Society's Antarctic Research Committee.

Medley Ridge

A rock ridge that extends northeast from Mount Fleming to the south margin of Wright Upper Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after David Medley, PHI helicopter mechanic with United States Antarctic Project (United States ArmyP) in eight consecutive field seasons from 1996-97.

Hallet Valley

A valley between Meddley Ridge and Vortex Col in west Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after Bernard Hallet, Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; United States Antarctic Project (United States ArmyP) investigator of land surface stability in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1995-2002.

Warren Icefall

. An icefall entering the south part of Wright Upper Glacier north of Vortex Col. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after Alden Warren, Geography Discipline, United States Geological Survey; photographer (scientific and technical) in the preparation of United States Geological Survey (USGS) maps of Antarctica, 1956-2004. The Warren Icefall is wide and high.

Vortex Col

. A col leading from the plateau into the south side of Wright Upper Glacier. At this locality, winds carrying clouds of snow from the polar plateau are deflected by Mount Fleming and funneled down this depression. The descriptive name was given by

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(NZ-APC).

References

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