Wilson Piedmont Glacier
glacier in Antarctica
Wilson Piedmont Glacier (77°15′S 163°10′E) is a large piedmont glacier extending from Granite Harbour to Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land.
Discovery and name
The Wilson Piedmont Glacier was discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901–1904. The British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–1913, named the feature for Dr. Edward A. Wilson, surgeon and artist with Scott's first expedition and chief of the scientific staff with the second. Wilson lost his life on the way back from the South Pole with Scott.
Glaciology
The Wilson Piedmont Glacier extends along the coastal plain of the west coast of the Ross Sea from Granite Harbor south to McMurdo Sound.
Most of its input is from direct precipitation, but it receives some inflows from alpine glaciers.
It has a broad dome with a divide near the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Most ice flows east to the Ross Sea, where the glacier terminates and comes afloat in the sea along its eastern margin.
Some ice flows west and contributes to the Wright Lower Glacier and the Victoria Lower Glacier.
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