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| Location | Victoria Land |
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| Coordinates | 76°44′S159°55′E / 76.733°S 159.917°E |
| Terminus | Mawson Glacier |
The Odell Glacier ( 76°44′S159°55′E / 76.733°S 159.917°E ) is a glacier draining northeast between Allan Hills and Coombs Hills into the upper Mawson Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Noel Odell, who was a mountaineer and was professor of geology at the University of Otago from 1950 to 1955. [1]
The Odell Glacier forms between the Allan Hills and the Coombs Hills, which contain Mount Brooke. To the southwest of its head are Hall Rock, Brandau Rocks and Carapace Nunatak. The glacier flows northeast past the Convoy Range to the Mawson Glacier. [2]
The United States set up an Antarctic field camp on the glacier during the summer of 2001 at 76°39′00″S159°58′00″E / 76.65000°S 159.96667°E .[ citation needed ]
76°13′00″S160°16′00″E / 76.2166667°S 160.2666667°E . A glacier that flows northwest between Coombs Hills and Wyandot Ridge to enter Odell Glacier. Named in association with nearby Wyandot Ridge after Captain R.K. Irving, U.S. Navy (USN), commander of USS Wyandot (AKA-92), a cargo ship in the Ross Sea Unit in Operation Deep Freeze IV, 1958-59. [3]
Features of the terrain around the glacier include:
76°47′S160°00′E / 76.783°S 160.000°E . An area of broken and largely snow-free hills and valleys between the Odell Glacier and Cambridge Glacier. Discovered in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956-58) and named by them for Doug Coombs, professor of geology at the University of Otago, New Zealand, who assisted the expedition in obtaining essential petrological equipment. [4]
76°49′S159°54′E / 76.817°S 159.900°E . A large isolated mountain, 2,675 metres (8,776 ft) high, standing 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) northwest of Mount Gran and dominating the area near the heads of Mackay Glacier and Mawson Glacier. Named for Lieutenant Commander F.R. Brooke, Royal Navy, leader of the 1957 New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the CTAE, 1956-58. [5]
76°51′S159°20′E / 76.850°S 159.333°E . A large rock located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Carapace Nunatak at the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for geologist Bradford A. Hall who, with Harold W. Borns, did research on the so-called Mawson Tillite in this vicinity, 1968-69. [6]
76°53′S159°20′E / 76.883°S 159.333°E . Rock exposures 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) west of Carapace Nunatak. Reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme (NZARP) Allan Hills Expedition (1964), who named the rocks for Lieutenant Commander James F. Brandau, United States Navy, helicopter pilot who made a difficult rescue flight to evacuate an injured member of the expedition. [7]
76°53′S159°24′E / 76.883°S 159.400°E . A prominent isolated nunatak, the most westerly near the head of Mackay Glacier, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) southwest of Mount Brooke where it is visible for a considerable distance from many directions. So named by the New Zealand party of the CTAE (1956-58) because of the carapaces of small crustaceans found in the rocks. [8]
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Skelton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
The Byrd Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, about 136 km (85 mi) long and 24 km (15 mi) wide. It drains an extensive area of the Antarctic plateau, and flows eastward to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf.
The Churchill Mountains are a mountain range group of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ross Dependency region of Antarctica. They border on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier.
The Cook Mountains is a group of mountains bounded by the Mulock and Darwin glaciers in Antarctica.
The Darwin Glacier is a large glacier in Antarctica. It flows from the polar plateau eastward between the Darwin Mountains and the Cook Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf. The Darwin and its major tributary the Hatherton are often treated as one system, the Darwin–Hatherton.
Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, over 60 nautical miles long and from 5 to 10 nautical miles wide, descending from the Antarctic Plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount Speed and Waldron Spurs. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41) and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Sir Ernest Shackleton, British Antarctic explorer.
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Carapace Nunatak is a prominent isolated nunatak, the most westerly near the head of Mackay Glacier in Victoria Land, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) southwest of Mount Brooke where it is visible for a considerable distance from many directions. It was so named by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–1958) because of the fossil carapaces of small crustaceans found in the exposed rocks.
The Darley Hills are a range of high, ice-covered coastal hills in the Churchill Mountains, Antarctica.
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The Kirkwood Range is a massive coastal mountain range in Antarctica, extending north–south between Fry Glacier and Mawson Glacier. A broad low-level platform on the seaward side of the range is occupied by the Oates Piedmont Glacier.
The Mawson Glacier is a large glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, descending eastward from the Antarctic Plateau to the north of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter the Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjöld Ice Tongue. The glacier was first mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) and named for Douglas Mawson, the expedition physicist, who later led two other Antarctic expeditions, 1911–14, and 1929–31.
Mackay Glacier is a large glacier in Victoria Land, descending eastward from the Antarctic Plateau, between the Convoy Range and Clare Range, into the southern part of Granite Harbour. It was discovered by the South magnetic pole party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, and named for Alistair Mackay, a member of the party. The glacier's tongue is called Mackay Glacier Tongue. First mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 and named for Alistair F. Mackay, a member of the party. Its mouth is south of the Evans Piedmont Glacier and the Mawson Glacier. It is north of the Wilson Piedmont Glacier and the Ferrar Glacier.
Starshot Glacier is a glacier 50 nautical miles (90 km) long that flows through the Churchill Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
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