Newall Glacier
glacier of the Asgard Range
The Newall Glacier (77°30′S 162°50′E) is a glacier in the east part of the Asgard Range of Victoria Land,
It flows east between Mount Newall and Mount Weyant into the Wilson Piedmont Glacier.
The Newall Glacier was mapped by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of the CTAE, 1956-58, who named it after nearby Mount Newall.
Location
The Newall Glacier forms to the east of the Lacroix Glacier, which flows south into Taylor Valley.
It flows northeast, past the head of Suess Glacier, past Mount Valkyrie to the west and Mount Weyant to the east.
It turns east and is joined by the Loftus Glacier below Mount Newall.
It continues east past the head of Commonwealth Glacier and joins with Wright Lower Glacier as it flows into Wilson Piedmont Glacier.
Features
Features, from southwest to northeast, include Lyons Cone, Twickler Cone, Unwin Ledge, Hothern Cliffs, Mount Hall, Loftus Glacier, Mount Weyant, Mount Saga, Hetha Peak, Commanda Glacier and Repeater Glacier.
Lyons Cone
77.631911°S 162.504109°E / -77.631911; 162.504109.
A cone shaped peak 2.4 nautical miles (4.4 km; 2.8 mi) north-northeast of the Matterhorn, rising to 1,850 metres (6,070 ft) high on the ridge separating the heads of Lacroix Glacier, Newall Glacier, and Suess Glacier.
Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after William Berry Lyons, American geochemist, veteran of expeditions to the Himalayas, Greenland, Iceland, and Antarctica, 1980-97; chief scientist, McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) field team, 1993-97.
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