Hansen Glacier

Glacier in Antarctica

78°21′00″S 84°33′00″W / 78.35000°S 84.55000°W / -78.35000; -84.55000Length10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)ThicknessunknownTerminusDater GlacierStatusunknown
Sentinel Range map.

Hansen Glacier (78°21′S 84°33′W / 78.350°S 84.550°W / -78.350; -84.550) is a tributary glacier 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) long, flowing northeast from Mount Tuck between Veregava Ridge and Doyran Heights to join Dater Glacier west of Dickey Peak, in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica.

It was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957–59, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Herbert L. Hansen, a meteorologist at South Pole Station in 1957.[1]

See also

Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

References

Portal:
  • icon Geography
  • v
  • t
  • e
TypesAnatomyProcessesMeasurementsVolcanic relationsLandforms
Erosional
Depositional
Glaciofluvial
  • v
  • t
  • e
Alphabetic
  • List of glaciers in the Antarctic: A–H
  • List of glaciers in the Antarctic: I–Z
By territory
Miscellaneous


Stub icon

This article about a glacier in Ellsworth Land is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e