Dennistoun Glacier
glacier in Antarctica
The Dennistoun Glacier (71°11′S 168°0′E) is a glacier, 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) long, draining the northern slopes of Mount Black Prince, Mount Royalist and Mount Adam in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
It flows northwest between the Lyttelton Range and Dunedin Range, turning east on rounding the latter range to enter the sea south of Cape Scott.
Exploration and naming
The coastal extremity of the Dennistoun Glacier was charted in 1911–12 by the Northern Party, led by Victor Campbell, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 (BrAE).
The glacier is named after Jim Dennistoun, a New Zealand alpinist who was in charge of the mules on board the Terra Nova on her way to Antarctica. The entire extent of the glacier was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and United States Navy aerial photography, 1960–63.
The name Fowlie Glacier, which in fact refers to a tributary glacier, has sometimes been inadvertently misapplied to this feature.
Location
The Dennistoun Glacier rises in the Admiralty Mountains between the Lyttelton Range and the Dunedin Range.
The Anare Pass is to its west, forming a route to the Ebbe Glacier.
The Dennistoun Glacier flows north and then east, fed by the Rowles Glacier and Lann Glacier from the southeast.
It passes the Hedgpeth Heights and Quam Heights to the north in the Anare Mountains.
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