Reeves Glacier
glacier in Antarctica
The Reeves Glacier (74°45′S 162°15′E) is a broad glacier originating on the interior upland and descending between Eisenhower Range and Mount Larsen to merge with the Nansen Ice Sheet along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Discovery and naming
The Reeves Glacier was discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, under Ernest Shackleton.
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) reported that the glacier is probably named for William Pember Reeves, former New Zealand Cabinet Minister, and the Agent-General for New Zealand in London, 1896–1909.
Location
The Reeves Glacier originates in the Reeves Névé on the polar plateau.
This large névé is surrounded by scattered isolated features, including the Shepard Cliff, The Boil, Calfee Nunatak and Mount Fenton.
Ice flows from the north past Mount Mackintosh and the Skinner Ridge to join the head of the Reeves Glacier below the Reeves Névé.
The glacier flows east-southeast through the Prince Albert Mountains to the Nansen Ice Sheet.
To its south it passes Mount Larsen and Mount Janetschek, and flows past both sides of the Hansen Nunatak and Teall Nunatak.
To its north it flows past the Thern Promontory and Mount Matz, past which it is joined by the Anderton Glacier, then past Andersson Ridge, where the Carnein Glacier joins it in the Nansen Ice Sheet.
Upper features
Reeves Névé
74°25′S 160°00′E.
An extensive névé lying westward of the Eisenhower Range.
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