Walcott Lake (Antarctica)

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Walcott Lake ( 78°14′00″S163°28′00″E / 78.23333°S 163.46667°E / -78.23333; 163.46667 Coordinates: 78°14′00″S163°28′00″E / 78.23333°S 163.46667°E / -78.23333; 163.46667 ) is one of several lakes in the Alph River system, this one located 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km) east of the snout of Walcott Glacier on the Scott Coast. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994 in association with Walcott Glacier.

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Alph River is a small river of Antarctica, running into Walcott Bay, Victoria Land. It is in an ice-free region at the west of the Koettlitz Glacier, Scott Coast. The Alph emerges from Trough Lake, and flows through Walcott Lake, Howchin Lake, and Alph Lake. It ends in a sub-glacial flow beneath Koettlitz Glacier to McMurdo Sound.

Walcott Glacier is a glacier between Radian and Howchin Glaciers, descending eastward from the Royal Society Range toward Walcott Bay. Named by Taylor of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13), presumably for Charles D. Walcott, Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (1894–1907) and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1907-28.

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Walcott Lake is one of several lakes in the Alph River system on the Scott Coast of Antarctica. It is located 1.3 mi (2.1 km) east of the snout of the Walcott Glacier. Walcott South Stream flows from the glacier into the lake. The lake was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) (1994) in association with Walcott Glacier.

Zetland Glacier is a small hanging glacier on the southern slopes of Mount Alexandra in Denton Hills, Scott Coast. The glacier terminates on the cliffs north of Colleen Lake. The name, applied by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1994, is taken from an old spelling for the Shetland Islands of Scotland.

Ward Valley is an ice-free valley that lies between Porter Hills and Xanadu Hills and east of the snout of Ward Glacier in the Denton Hills, Scott Coast, Antarctica. Named by US-ACAN (1994) in association with Ward Glacier and Ward Lake.

Bulwark Stream is a meltwater stream from Koettlitz Glacier on the east side of The Bulwark, a mountain outlier south of Walcott Bay, Scott Coast. The stream flows north and then west, following the perimeter of The Bulwark to enter Trough Lake and the Alph River system. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994, in association with The Bulwark.

Chancellor Lakes are small twin lakes near the crest of the ridge north of the Walcott Glacier. They were named by the New Zealand University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1960–61, in honor of the chancellor of that university.

Chancellor Ridge is a ridge in Antarctica, between Walcott Glacier and Howchin Glacier in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (1994) in association with Chancellor Lakes near the east end of the ridge.

Walcott Bay is a bay indenting the coast of Victoria Land between Walcott Glacier and Heald Island. It was named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13) in association with Walcott Glacier.

The Denton Hills are a group of rugged foothills, 24 nautical miles (44 km) long southwest–northeast and 9 nautical miles (17 km) wide, to the east of the Royal Society Range on the Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The feature comprises a series of eastward-trending ridges and valleys circumscribed by Howchin Glacier, Armitage Saddle, Blue Glacier, the coast, and Walcott Bay. The highest summits, Mount Kowalczyk at 1,703 metres (5,587 ft), and Goat Mountain at 1,634 metres (5,361 ft), rise from Hobbs Ridge in the northern part of the foothills. Elevations decrease southward as in Kahiwi Maihao Ridge, 1,045 metres (3,428 ft) high near the center of the group and the Xanadu Hills, 820 metres (2,690 ft) high at the southern end. The principal glaciers flow east but have receded, leaving several dry valleys.

The Pyramid is a small but distinctive peak just south of Pyramid Trough, at the west side of the Koettlitz Glacier. The descriptive name appears to have been first used by the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13.

Howchin Lake is a lake, one of several in the Alph River system, located 1.1 nautical miles (2 km) southeast of the snout of Howchin Glacier in the Denton Hills, Scott Coast, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994 in association with Howchin Glacier.

Howchin South Stream is a meltwater stream draining from the south side of Howchin Glacier in the Denton Hills, Scott Coast, Antarctica. It flows eastward into Howchin Lake southward of Howchin North Stream. The stream was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994 in association with Howchin Glacier.

Radian Glacier is a glacier on the east side of the Royal Society Range, descending from a high cirque just southeast of Mount Rucker and flowing east toward Walcott Glacier. In the measurements made of this glacier by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1960–61), one of the survey angles, by chance, was exactly one radian, and the glacier came to be referred to by this term.

Walcott North Stream is an ice stream flowing from the northern side of Walcott Glacier into Walcott Lake. It is named in association with Walcott Glacier.

Valoga Glacier glacier in Antarctica

Valoga Glacier is the glacier extending 8 km in southwest-northeast direction and 4 km in southeast-northwest direction in Flowers Hills on the east side of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It flows northwestwards into Hansen Glacier.

Burdenis Glacier

Burdenis Glacier is the 6 km long and 1.7 km wide glacier on the east side of the main crest of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is situated north of Delyo Glacier and south of Gerila Glacier. The glacier drains the north slopes of Mount Viets and the southeast slopes of the southern summit of Long Gables Peak, flows northeastwards and together with Delyo Glacier and Gerila Glacier joins upper Ellen Glacier north of Bruguière Peak.

Dabrava Glacier

Dabrava Glacier is the 14 km long and 4.5 km wide glacier on Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated southwest of Murphy Glacier and north of Sölch Glacier. It drains the west slopes of Mount Deeley, flows northwestwards and enters Lallemand Fjord southwest of Orford Cliff.

The Pari Haupapa Cliffs are bold, ice-covered cliffs that extend north-south between Wirdnam Glacier and Mount Tricouni on the east side of the Lower Staircase of Skelton Glacier. The cliffs are 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) long and rise to over 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). Pari Haupapa, a Māori name meaning "ice cliffs", was applied by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994.

Ward Stream is a meltwater stream from the Ward Glacier in the Denton Hills on the Scott Coast. It flows eastward through Ward Valley and Ward Lake into Alph Lake. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994 in association with Ward Glacier and Ward Lake.

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