Blaiklock Glacier

Glacier in Antarctica

80°30′S 29°51′W / 80.500°S 29.850°W / -80.500; -29.850Length16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi)ThicknessunknownTerminusShackleton RangeStatusunknown

The Blaiklock Glacier (80°30′S 29°51′W / 80.500°S 29.850°W / -80.500; -29.850) is a glacier 16 nautical miles (30 km) long, flowing north from Turnpike Bluff, then northwest to Mount Provender and Mount Lowe in the western part of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica.^[1]

Exploration

The glacier was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), and named for Kenneth V. Blaiklock, the leader of the advance party of the CTAE in 1955–56 and a surveyor with the transpolar party in 1956–58.^[1]

Location

The Blaiklock Glacier is one of the larger of the glaciers in the Shackleton Range.^[2] The glacier forms below Turnpike Bluff and Wyeth Heights. It flows north and then northeast between the Otter Highlands to the west and the Haskard Highlands to the east.^[3] Small glaciers or snowfields trending east from Otter Highlands discharge into Blaiklock Glacier.^[4] At its mouth it flows to the south of Nostoc Lake and Mount Provender.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Alberts 1995, p. 72.
^ Höfle & Buggisch 1993, p. 184.
^ ^a ^b Shackleton USGS map.
^ Skidmore & Clarkson 1972, p. 71.

Sources

Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 3 December 2023 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names.
Höfle, Hans-Christian; Buggisch, Werner (1993), "Glacial Geology and Petrography of Erratics in the Shackleton Range, Antarctica" (PDF), Polarforschung, vol. 63, no. 213, pp. 183–201, retrieved 5 December 2023
Shackleton Range, United States Geological Survey, 1983, retrieved 4 December 2023 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.
Skidmore, Michael J.; Clarkson, Peter D. (1972), "Physiography and Glacial Geomorphology of the Shackleton Range" (PDF), Antarctic Survey Bulletin, no. 30, retrieved 6 December 2023

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Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Nunatak P-form Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Suncup Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glaciofluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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