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Koettlitz Glacier, Antarctica, just North of Heald Island showing ice pinnacles etc. c. 1911
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LocationRoss Dependency
Coordinates78°15′S 164°15′E / 78.250°S 164.250°E / -78.250; 164.250
TerminusRoss Ice Shelf

Koettlitz Glacier (78°15′S 164°15′E / 78.250°S 164.250°E / -78.250; 164.250) is a large Antarctic glacier lying west of Mount Morning and Mount Discovery in the Royal Society Range, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Cocks northeastward between Brown Peninsula and the mainland into the ice shelf of McMurdo Sound.[1]

  1. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 399.

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Koettlitz Glacier

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Koettlitz Glacier (78°15′S 164°15′E / 78.250°S 164.250°E / -78.250; 164.250) is a large Antarctic glacier lying west of Mount Morning and Mount Discovery...

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Koettlitz

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Koettlitz can refer to: Reginald Koettlitz (1860–1916), British physician and polar explorer Koettlitz Glacier, a glacier named after him in Antarctica...

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Royal Society Range

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205 ft) along the west shore of McMurdo Sound between the Koettlitz, Skelton and Ferrar Glaciers. They are south of the Kukri Hills, southeast of the Quartermain...

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Alph River

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flowing in summertime, on the northern side of Koettlitz Glacier, Scott Coast, Antarctica. It rises from Koettlitz ice at the upper end of Pyramid Trough and...

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Mount Discovery

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metres (8,790 ft) high, lying at the head of McMurdo Sound and east of Koettlitz Glacier, overlooking the northwest portion of the Ross Ice Shelf. It forms...

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Miers Valley

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Valley and west of Koettlitz Glacier, on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The valley is ice-free except for Miers Glacier in its upper (western)...

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Reginald Koettlitz

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across McMurdo Sound, Koettlitz discovered two glacial features later named after him: the Koettlitz Glacier and the Koettlitz Névé. For his role in the...

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McMurdo Dry Valleys

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Range in the west and the west coast of McMurdo Sound at the lobe of Koettlitz Glacier are, from north to south: Garwood Valley Marshall Valley Miers Valley...

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Terra Nova Expedition

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Glacier region, and then conducted explorations and survey work in the Dry Valley and Taylor Glacier areas before moving southwards to the Koettlitz Glacier...

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Marshall Valley

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long that flows through the Marshall Valley from the Rivard Glacier to the Koettlitz Glacier. The stream was observed by Troy L. Péwé, glacial geologist...

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Granite

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melts from granulite-facies resitites. A-type granites occur in the Koettlitz Glacier Alkaline Province in the Royal Society Range, Antarctica. The rhyolites...

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Mount Morning

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Ross Island and at the foot of the Transantarctic Mountains. The Koettlitz Glacier runs along the northwestern foot of Mount Morning and separates it...

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Heald Island

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and 555 metres (1,820 ft) high, which projects through the ice of Koettlitz Glacier just east of Walcott Bay, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered...

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Habitat

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Beneath the sea ice and the terminal portions of the Ross Ice Shelf and Koettlitz Glacier tongue is an aquatic habitat that has a nearly uniform freezing temperature...

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Camp II Point

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of ice-cored moraine that extends east into Koettlitz Glacier at the south side of lower Renegar Glacier. So named by the New Zealand Geographic Board...

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Hobbs Ridge

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800 ft) elevation on the uppermost Koettlitz bench, 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) east of Blackwelder Glacier. Named in recognition of the glacial...

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East Aisle Ridge

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of Central Aisle Ridge at the junction of the lower Renegar Glacier and Koettlitz Glacier, Scott Coast, Antarctica. The name is derived from the position...

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Thomas Griffith Taylor

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McMurdo Sound, in a region between the McMurdo Dry Valleys and the Koettlitz Glacier. He led a second successful expedition in November 1911, this time...

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Brown Peninsula

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Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a narrow isthmus. The Koettlitz Glacier flows along its west coast. The east coast faces the Ross Ice Shelf...

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List of rivers of Antarctica

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Bay, Victoria Land. It is in an ice-free region at the west of the Koettlitz Glacier, Scott Coast. The Alph emerges from Trough Lake and flows through...

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Discovery Expedition

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making further magnetic readings. Another party had explored the Koettlitz Glacier to the south-west, and Wilson had travelled to Cape Crozier to observe...

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Mount Lister

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ridge system towards Koettlitz Glacier, while Salient Glacier, Hooker Glacier and Lister Glacier flow northeast into Blue Glacier. Map all coordinates...

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The Strand Moraines

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is an ancient lateral moraine of the Koettlitz Glacier, deposited at the outer edge of Bowers Piedmont Glacier on the west shore of McMurdo Sound, in...

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Ward Valley

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Hidden Valley to the northeast and Howchin Glacier to the southwest. It opens into the Koettlitz Glacier to the southeast. Map all coordinates using...

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Tuttell Point

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Island is 3 miles (4.8 km) long, and is completely surrounded by the Koettlitz Glacier. Tuttell Point was named for Lieutenant Commander Robert J. Tuttell...

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