Ball Glacier (Victoria Land)

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Ball Glacier (Victoria Land)
Map showing the location of Ball Glacier (Victoria Land)
Map showing the location of Ball Glacier (Victoria Land)
Location of Ball Glacier (Victoria Land) in Antarctica
LocationVictoria Land
Coordinates78°3′S 162°50′E / 78.050°S 162.833°E / -78.050; 162.833
Length13 km (8.1 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusBlue Glacier
Statusunknown

Ball Glacier is a glacier 7 nautical miles (13 km) long with the head located between Mount Lister and Mount Hooker on the east side of the Royal Society Range. The glacier flows northeast between Craw Ridge and Tasman Ridge into Blue Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board after Gary Ball, a New Zealand mountaineer who climbed Mount Lister with an Italian field party, 1976–77, and camped on this glacier; he was field assistant with New Zealand Antarctic Research Program party to this area, 1980–81.[1]

See also[]

  • List of glaciers in the Antarctic
  • Glaciology
  • Ball Peak

References[]

  1. ^ "Ball Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-18.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Ball Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

Coordinates: 78°3′S 162°50′E / 78.050°S 162.833°E / -78.050; 162.833


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