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Glacier in Antarctica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Blaiklock Glacier (80°30′S 29°51′W) is a glacier 16 nautical miles (30 km) long, flowing north from Turnpike Bluff, then northwest to Mount Provender and Mount Lowe in the western part of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica.[1]
Blaiklock Glacier | |
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Location of Blaiklock Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Coats Land |
Coordinates | 80°30′S 29°51′W |
Length | 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Shackleton Range |
Status | unknown |
The glacier was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), and named for Kenneth V. Blaiklock, the leader of the advance party of the CTAE in 1955–56 and a surveyor with the transpolar party in 1956–58.[1]
The Blaiklock Glacier is one of the larger of the glaciers in the Shackleton Range.[2] The glacier forms below Turnpike Bluff and Wyeth Heights. It flows north and then northeast between the Otter Highlands to the west and the Haskard Highlands to the east.[3] Small glaciers or snowfields trending east from Otter Highlands discharge into Blaiklock Glacier.[4] At its mouth it flows to the south of Nostoc Lake and Mount Provender.[3]
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