Sallee Snowfield
Snow field of Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica
Sallee Snowfield (82°37′S 50°20′W) is a large snowfield between the Dufek Massif and northern Forrestal Range in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica.
Mapping and name
The Sallee Snowfield was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956–66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Ralph W. Sallee, Assistant Meteorological Officer on the staff of the Commander, United States Naval Support Force, Antarctica, in 1967 and 1968.
Location
The Sallee Snowfield is between the Dufek Massif to the northwest and the Forrestal Range to the southeast. In the north it descends to the Ford Ice Piedmont.
The Petite Rocks are in the east of the snowfield.
A glacier drains north from the snowfield past the Davis Valley in the northeastern Dufek Massif to the Ford Ice Piedmont.
The Edge Glacier extends from the snowfield into the Davis Valley for about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi).
Rocks of the Dufek Intrusion are visible in the Dufuk Massif and the Forrestal Range, and are thought to be connected below the Sallee Snowfield.
Nearby features
Ford Ice Piedmont
82°10′S 50°00′W.
The large ice piedmont lying northward of Dufek Massif and Forrestal Range between the lower ends of Foundation Ice Stream and Support Force Glacier.
“Sallee Snowfield” enters the record as snow field of Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sallee, Snowfield and Snow can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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