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Nimrod Glacier
The Nimrod Glacier (82°21′S 163°00′E / 82.350°S 163.000°E) is a major glacier about 85 nautical miles (157 km; 98 mi) long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
The Nimrod Glacier flows north between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spills into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Capes Wilson and Lyttelton. It was photographed from the air by USN Operation Highjump, 1946–47. The name, given by US-ACAN, is in association with Shackleton Inlet and is for the Nimrod, the ship of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) under Ernest Shackleton. The mouth of the glacier is southeast of the Starshot Glacier and the Nursery Glacier. It is north of Robb Glacier.
82°57′S 155°00′E / 82.950°S 155.000°E Icefalls near the head of Nimrod Glacier. Seen by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) and presumbably named for Frank Worsley, member of the British Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-16, and Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-22.
82°31′S 160°00′E / 82.517°S 160.000°E. The main icefalls of the Nimrod Glacier, in the vicinity of Kon-Tiki Nunatak. Named by the southern party of the NZGSAE (1960-61) for Christopher Neville Cooper, a member of the expedition, and also a member of the New Zealand Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition, 1959-60.
Tributaries from the left (Churchill Mountains) side are, from east to west:
82°08′S 162°05′E / 82.133°S 162.083°E. Glacier about 25 miles (40 km) long, flowing southeast into Nimrod Glacier just west of Nash Range. Named by the New Zealand Ross Sea Committee for the Hon. R.M. Algie who, as Minister in Charge of Scientific and Industrial Research, gave his strong support to the New Zealand party of the CTAE, 1956-58.
82°21′S 160°58′E / 82.350°S 160.967°E. Glacier, 15 miles (24 km) long, which lies on the east side of Holyoake Range and drains south into Nimrod Glacier. This glacier offered a route to the southern party of the NZGSAE (1960-61) when they journeyed north from Nimrod Glacier in December 1960. Named by them to describe the zigzag route of the party in traveling on the glacier in search for a route north.
82°21′S 159°55′E / 82.350°S 159.917°E. Glacier flowing south for about 20 miles (32 km) between Cobham and Holyoake ranges into Nimrod Glacier. Named by the NZ-APC for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Nimrod Glacier
The Nimrod Glacier (82°21′S 163°00′E / 82.350°S 163.000°E) is a major glacier about 85 nautical miles (157 km; 98 mi) long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
The Nimrod Glacier flows north between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spills into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Capes Wilson and Lyttelton. It was photographed from the air by USN Operation Highjump, 1946–47. The name, given by US-ACAN, is in association with Shackleton Inlet and is for the Nimrod, the ship of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) under Ernest Shackleton. The mouth of the glacier is southeast of the Starshot Glacier and the Nursery Glacier. It is north of Robb Glacier.
82°57′S 155°00′E / 82.950°S 155.000°E Icefalls near the head of Nimrod Glacier. Seen by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) and presumbably named for Frank Worsley, member of the British Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-16, and Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-22.
82°31′S 160°00′E / 82.517°S 160.000°E. The main icefalls of the Nimrod Glacier, in the vicinity of Kon-Tiki Nunatak. Named by the southern party of the NZGSAE (1960-61) for Christopher Neville Cooper, a member of the expedition, and also a member of the New Zealand Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition, 1959-60.
Tributaries from the left (Churchill Mountains) side are, from east to west:
82°08′S 162°05′E / 82.133°S 162.083°E. Glacier about 25 miles (40 km) long, flowing southeast into Nimrod Glacier just west of Nash Range. Named by the New Zealand Ross Sea Committee for the Hon. R.M. Algie who, as Minister in Charge of Scientific and Industrial Research, gave his strong support to the New Zealand party of the CTAE, 1956-58.
82°21′S 160°58′E / 82.350°S 160.967°E. Glacier, 15 miles (24 km) long, which lies on the east side of Holyoake Range and drains south into Nimrod Glacier. This glacier offered a route to the southern party of the NZGSAE (1960-61) when they journeyed north from Nimrod Glacier in December 1960. Named by them to describe the zigzag route of the party in traveling on the glacier in search for a route north.
82°21′S 159°55′E / 82.350°S 159.917°E. Glacier flowing south for about 20 miles (32 km) between Cobham and Holyoake ranges into Nimrod Glacier. Named by the NZ-APC for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
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