Adams Glacier (Victoria Land)

Adams Glacier (Victoria Land)
Adams Glacier in 2016
Location of Adams Glacier (Victoria Land) in Antarctica
Location	Victoria Land
Coordinates	78°7′S 163°38′E / 78.117°S 163.633°E / -78.117; 163.633
Terminus	Lake Miers

Adams Glacier (

78°7′S 163°38′E / 78.117°S 163.633°E / -78.117; 163.633Coordinates: 78°7′S 163°38′E / 78.117°S 163.633°E / -78.117; 163.633) is a small glacier immediately south of Miers Glacier in Victoria Land. The heads of Adams and Miers glaciers, both located in the Miers Valley, are separated by a low ridge, and the east end of this ridge is almost completely surrounded by the snouts of the two glaciers, which nearly meet in the bottom of the valley, about 1 mile (1.6 km) above Lake Miers, into which they drain. It was named by the of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58) after Lieutenant (later Sir) Jameson Adams, second in command of the shore party of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09), who was one of the men to accompany Ernest Shackleton to within 97 miles (156 km) of the South Pole.^[1]

The Keyhole, a narrow ice-carved defile, separates the Adams Glacier from Hidden Valley. It provides the only low-level entrance to Hidden Valley, and is the key to easy passage between Lake Miers and Ward Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions (VUWAE) who used it on several occasions during the summer of 1960-61.^[2] Lake Keyhole is a very small lake on the south, or Hidden Valley side of The Keyhole. It was named by VUWAE for its proximity to The Keyhole.^[3]

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Aorta Ridge, a ridge that separates upper Miers Glacier from Adams Glacier

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•  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.