Hatherton Glacier

Hatherton Glacier
Hatherton Glacier
Location of Hatherton Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Oates Land
Coordinates	79°55′S 157°35′E / 79.917°S 157.583°E / -79.917; 157.583
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Darwin Glacier
Status	unknown

Hatherton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the Antarctic polar plateau generally eastward along the south side of the Darwin Mountains and entering Darwin Glacier at Junction Spur. It was mapped by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58), and was named for Trevor Hatherton, Scientific Officer in Charge of Antarctic Activities at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington, New Zealand.^[1]

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Further reading[]

• Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water, PP 298, 392, 663
• Charles Swithinbank, Antarctica, Issue 1386, Part 2, P 26
• METTE K. GILLESPIE, WENDY LAWSON, WOLFGANG RACK, BRIAN ANDERSON, DONALD D. BLANKENSHIP, DUNCAN A. YOUNG, JOHN W. HOLT, Geometry and ice dynamics of the Darwin–Hatherton glacial system, Transantarctic Mountains, Journal of Glaciology, Volume 63, Issue 242, December 2017, pp. 959–972
• Courtney King, Dr. Brenda Hall, Trevor Hillebrand, and Dr. John Stone, History of Grounded Ice in the Ross Embayment since the Last Glacial Maximum Using the Glacial Geology Alongside the Hatherton and Darwin Glacier system, Antarctica, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine

References[]

Coordinates: 79°55′S 157°35′E / 79.917°S 157.583°E / -79.917; 157.583

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

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