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Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location ofMap showing the location of
LocationVictoria Land
Coordinates76°44′S 162°40′E / 76.733°S 162.667°E / -76.733; 162.667
Length35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi)
TerminusRoss Sea

Evans Piedmont Glacier (76°44′S 162°40′E / 76.733°S 162.667°E / -76.733; 162.667) is a broad ice sheet occupying the low-lying coastal platform between Tripp Island and Cape Archer in Victoria Land, Antarctica.

Exploration and naming

Evans Piedmont Glacier was circumnavigated in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956–58, and was named after Petty Officer Edgar Evans, Royal Navy, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, who was one of the South Pole Party under Captain Robert Falcon Scott, and who lost his life on the Beardmore Glacier on the return journey.

Location

Evans Piedmont Glacier in southwest of map
Region to the west of the glacier

The Evans Piedmont Glacier is on the west coast of the Ross Sea between Fry Glacier to the north and Granite Harbour to the south. Named coastal features include Tripp Bay, Tripp Island, Albrecht Penck Glacier, Depot Island, Cape Ross, Gregory Island and Cape Archer.

Tripp Bay

76°37′S 162°44′E / 76.617°S 162.733°E / -76.617; 162.733. A bay along the coast of Victoria Land formed by a recession in the ice between the Gates Piedmont Glacier and Evans Piedmont Glacier. The bay was first charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09. The name appears to have been first used by the BrAE (1910-13) and derives from Tripp Island which lies within the bay.

Tripp Ice Tongue

76°34′00″S 162°45′00″E / 76.5666667°S 162.75°E / -76.5666667; 162.75. An ice tongue that occupies the north half of Tripp Bay. The feature is nurtured by several glaciers (Fry Glacier, Hedblom Glacier, as well as ice from Oates Piedmont Glacier). It could be misleading to name this tongue in association with one of these partial sources. It is therefore named for its geographic location in Tripp Bay.

Hedblom Glacier

76°34′00″S 162°24′00″E / 76.5666667°S 162.4°E / -76.5666667; 162.4. A glacier between Mount Creak and Tito Peak that flows east from Endeavour Massif to Tripp Ice Tongue. Named after Captain E.E. Hedblom, U.S. Navy (USN), Medical Officer of Task Force 43 in the Ross Sea area, Operation Deep Freeze I, 1955-56.

Tripp Island

76°38′S 162°42′E / 76.633°S 162.700°E / -76.633; 162.700. An island in the south part of Tripp Bay. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, which named this feature for Leonard O.H. Tripp of Wellington, N.Z., a friend and supporter of Shackleton.

Albrecht Penck Glacier

76°40′S 162°20′E / 76.667°S 162.333°E / -76.667; 162.333. A glacier between the Fry Glacier and Evans Piedmont Glacier, draining northeast toward Tripp Bay. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09 which named this feature for Albrecht Penck, Director of the Institute of Oceanography and of the Geographical Institute in Berlin.

Depot Island

Main article: Depot Island, Victoria Land

76°42′S 162°58′E / 76.700°S 162.967°E / -76.700; 162.967. A small granite island lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Cape Ross, off the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered by the South Magnetic Pole Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, and so named by them because they put a depot of rock specimens on this island.

Cape Ross

76°44′S 163°01′E / 76.733°S 163.017°E / -76.733; 163.017. A granite headland 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) north of Cape Archer on the coast of Victoria Land. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09 which named this feature for Sir James Clark Ross, the discoverer of the Ross Sea and Victoria Land.

Gregory Island

Main article: Gregory Island (Antarctica)

76°49′S 162°58′E / 76.817°S 162.967°E / -76.817; 162.967. A small island lying just off the east coast of Victoria Land, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) northeast of Cape Archer. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04), at which time it was thought to be a coastal point and was named "Gregory Point," for John W. Gregory, director of the civilian staff of the expedition. It was determined to be an island by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13).

References

  1. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 228.
  2. Franklin Island USGS.
  3. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 760.
  4. Tripp Ice Tongue USGS.
  5. Hedblom Glacier USGS.
  6. Alberts 1995, p. 9.
  7. Alberts 1995, p. 184.
  8. Alberts 1995, p. 631.
  9. Alberts 1995, p. 295.

Sources

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