| Ferrar Glacier | |
|---|---|
) The Ferrar Glacier in 2009 | |
)  Ferrar Glacier Location of Ferrar Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Location | Victoria Land |
| Coordinates | 77°49′S 162°42′E / 77.817°S 162.700°E |
| Length | 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | New Harbour |
| Status | unknown |
Ferrar Glacier is a glacier in Antarctica. It is about 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) long, flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land west of the Royal Society Range to New Harbour in McMurdo Sound. The glacier makes a right (east) turn northeast of Knobhead, where it also feeds the upper end of the Taylor Glacier, which flows on the other (northern) side of the Kukri Hills from the Ferrar Glacier, which continues east along the south side of the Kukri Hills to New Harbour.
It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, (1901–04) under Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who named this feature for Hartley T. Ferrar, geologist of the expedition. The name Ferrar Glacier was originally applied both to the part of this glacier below its right turn and to the present Taylor Glacier. Thomas Griffith Taylor, geologist of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Scott, found evidence that these are not two parts of a single glacier but are two glaciers apposed. With this discovery Scott gave the names Ferrar Glacier and Taylor Glacier essentially as now applied; the Taylor Glacier makes a left turn at Cavendish Rocks and drains east along the north side of the Kukri Hills.[1]
See also
- Dun Glacier
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
References
- ^ "Ferrar Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
External links
- "Ferrar Glacier". NASA Earth Observatory. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Ferrar Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)