Tucker Glacier
glacier in Victoria Land, east Antarctica
Tucker Glacier (72°32′S 169°15′E) is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about 90 nautical miles (170 km; 100 mi) long, flowing southeast between the Admiralty Mountains and the Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun Range, from which the Ebbe Glacier flows northwestward.
Exploration and naming
Explored by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957–58, and named by them after Tucker Inlet, the ice-filled coastal indentation at the mouth of this glacier named by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841.
Geography
The upper reaches of the Tucker Glacier south of the Homerun Range saddle with the Greenwell Glacier and Jutland Glacier, in the Lillie Glacier basin.
The Tucker Glacier is fed by the Rastorfer Glacier from the left (north) and then by the Leander Glacier after it has been joined by the Church Glacier.
South of the McGregor Range the Man-O-War Glacier enters from the northeast, combined with the Freimanis Glacier from the east.
Tributaries of the Man-O-War Glacier include the Massey Glacier, Deming Glacier and Fitch Glacier.
Tributaries of the Tucker Glacier from the Admiralty Mountains to the east below the Freimants Glacier include the Tocci Glacier, Helman Glacier, Tyler Glacier, Staircase Glacier, Kelly Glacier and Towles Glacier.
To the south of the Pemmican Step, the Montecchi Glacier enters from the west.
South of that the Pearl Harbor Glacier enters the Tucker Glacier from the west, flowing to the north of the Cartographers Range.
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