David Glacier
glacier in Antarctica
The David Glacier (75°19′S 162°00′E) is a glacier over 600 nautical miles (1,100 km; 690 mi) long, flowing east from the polar plateau through the Prince Albert Mountains to the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It enters Ross Sea between Cape Philippi and Cape Reynolds to form the floating Drygalski Ice Tongue.
It is the most imposing outlet glacier in Victoria Land. It is fed by two main flows which drain an area larger than 200,000 square kilometres, with an estimated ice discharge rate of 7.8 ± 0.7 km3/year.
The David Glacier was discovered by Ernest Shackleton's "Northern Party," in November 1908, under the leadership of Prof. T.W. Edgeworth David, of Sydney University, for whom the feature was named.
Location
The David Glacier flows eastward in a broad stream that gradually narrows towards the coast.
The northern flow drains from Talos Dome to the Ross Sea, but the main branch of the stream is fed by a network of tributaries which drain a common area of the inner plateau around Dome C and converge in a spectacular icefall known as the David Cauldron.
Mount Kring, Mount Wood and the Martin Nunataks are to the north of the David Glacier's head.
The Ricker Hills and Trio Nunataks are to the south.
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