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Lowery Glacier
Lowery Glacier (82°35′S 163°15′E / 82.583°S 163.250°E) is a glacier about 60 nautical miles (110 km) long, a tributary of the Nimrod Glacier, which enters the west of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
The Lowery Glacier flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Antarctica, along the east side of the Queen Elizabeth Range to enter Nimrod Glacier. To the north of Softbed Ridges it converges with Robb Glacier, but the two glaciers separate when they reach Taylor Hills.
It was named by the New Zealand Geological and Topographical Survey Expedition (1959–60) for J.H. Lowery who, as a member of a field party, suffered injuries when a Sno-cat broke through a crevasse bridge off Cape Selborne in November 1959.
83°12′S 163°36′E / 83.200°S 163.600°E. A series of crevassed terraces and icefalls close southward of Fazekas Hills, near the head of Lowery Glacier. So named by the NZGSAE (1959-60) because the feature is a natural barrier to sledge travel which the party was unable to traverse. Arai is the Maori term for barrier.
Tributaries entering from the left (west) include:
83°04′S 162°20′E / 83.067°S 162.333°E. A glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range, draining eastward, to the south of Crowell Buttresses, to enter Lowery Glacier. Named by the Northern Party of NZGSAE (1961-62) after the English County and Dukedom of Cornwall.
82°41′S 163°05′E / 82.683°S 163.083°E. Glacier just south of Mount Heiser, flowing east into Lowery Glacier from the northeast slopes of the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Egon Dorrer, USARP glaciologist on the Ross Ice Shelf 1962-63 and 1965-66.
82°33′S 162°50′E / 82.550°S 162.833°E. Glacier, 5 miles (8.0 km) long, originating close northwest of Mount Damm in the Queen Elizabeth Range and flowing east into Lowery Glacier. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Richard P. Heidemann, USARP glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1962-63. Not: Heindemann Glacier.
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Lowery Glacier
Lowery Glacier (82°35′S 163°15′E / 82.583°S 163.250°E) is a glacier about 60 nautical miles (110 km) long, a tributary of the Nimrod Glacier, which enters the west of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
The Lowery Glacier flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Antarctica, along the east side of the Queen Elizabeth Range to enter Nimrod Glacier. To the north of Softbed Ridges it converges with Robb Glacier, but the two glaciers separate when they reach Taylor Hills.
It was named by the New Zealand Geological and Topographical Survey Expedition (1959–60) for J.H. Lowery who, as a member of a field party, suffered injuries when a Sno-cat broke through a crevasse bridge off Cape Selborne in November 1959.
83°12′S 163°36′E / 83.200°S 163.600°E. A series of crevassed terraces and icefalls close southward of Fazekas Hills, near the head of Lowery Glacier. So named by the NZGSAE (1959-60) because the feature is a natural barrier to sledge travel which the party was unable to traverse. Arai is the Maori term for barrier.
Tributaries entering from the left (west) include:
83°04′S 162°20′E / 83.067°S 162.333°E. A glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range, draining eastward, to the south of Crowell Buttresses, to enter Lowery Glacier. Named by the Northern Party of NZGSAE (1961-62) after the English County and Dukedom of Cornwall.
82°41′S 163°05′E / 82.683°S 163.083°E. Glacier just south of Mount Heiser, flowing east into Lowery Glacier from the northeast slopes of the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Egon Dorrer, USARP glaciologist on the Ross Ice Shelf 1962-63 and 1965-66.
82°33′S 162°50′E / 82.550°S 162.833°E. Glacier, 5 miles (8.0 km) long, originating close northwest of Mount Damm in the Queen Elizabeth Range and flowing east into Lowery Glacier. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Richard P. Heidemann, USARP glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1962-63. Not: Heindemann Glacier.