Webster Glacier (79°6′S86°11′W / 79.100°S 86.183°W / -79.100; -86.183) is a glacier in the Founders Peaks of the Heritage Range, flowing generally north between Frazier Ridge and Pipe Peak to enter Minnesota Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles W. Webster, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist and member of the winter party at Wilkes Station in 1963.[1]
WebsterGlacier (79°6′S 86°11′W / 79.100°S 86.183°W / -79.100; -86.183) is a glacier in the Founders Peaks of the Heritage Range, flowing generally...
is a sharp ridge on the west side of WebsterGlacier, extending north from Founders Escarpment to Minnesota Glacier, in the Heritage Range of Antarctica...
in support of the two field parties. The Strom Glacier forms to the north of the Herbert Range. Webster Knob is above its head, at the end of Barracouta...
940 ft) high, near the middle of the line of peaks on the east side of WebsterGlacier in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It was...
-63.883; -59.667. A glacier 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) long, flowing northeast into Charcot Bay immediately west of Webster Peaks. Charted in 1948...
Under the Glacier (Icelandic: Kristnihald undir Jökli) is a 1989 Icelandic drama film directed by Guðný Halldórsdóttir, based on her father's novel. The...
mountain. It is 3,350 metres (11,000 ft) from its base on the Kangshung Glacier to the summit. It is a broad face, topped on the right (when seen from...
Kharta valley starts at the col at Lhakpa La at the head of the Kharta Glacier from which the Kharta Chu (Chinese: 卡达曲) river flows east to join the Phung...
) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounded landmasses...
frozen rivers melt with rising temperatures, and in the ablation zone of glaciers where the rate of snow cover is reducing. Meltwater can be produced during...
The Leverett Glacier (85°38′S 147°35′W / 85.633°S 147.583°W / -85.633; -147.583) is about 50 nautical miles (90 km) long and 3 to 4 nautical miles...
(Phillips Mountains)) are a range of mountains on the north side of Balchen Glacier and Block Bay in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Map all...
period. Some valleys are formed through erosion by glacial ice. These glaciers may remain present in valleys in high mountains or polar areas. At lower...
terminates on the north in Webster Knob. The ridge is an extension from the base of Mount Fridtjof Nansen into the head of Strom Glacier. Discovered and visited...
John B. Webster, United States Navy, flight surgeon with the McMurdo Station winter party in 1962. Alberts 1995, p. 314. Leverett Glacier USGS. Alberts...
NE Ridge from the Changtse Glacier. Also included the first ascent by a woman, Mrs. Gunsung. 1986 American climber Ed Webster made the first solo ascent...
The peak and several other surrounding peaks are high enough to support glaciers. Mount Stanley is named for the journalist and explorer, Sir Henry Morton...
of the mountains are below 6,500 metres (21,300 ft). They contain 7080 glaciers covering an area of 10,700 square kilometres (4,100 sq mi). The Nyenchen...
waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves, lakes, mountains, meadows, glaciers, and biological diversity. Almost 95 percent of the park is designated...
projecting buttress of the latter mountain from the Guggi Glacier. Farther on is the Giessen Glacier, formed, at a higher level than the two last, on a shelf...
steep-sided volcano formed when lava erupts through a thick glacier or ice sheet "plateau". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 2017-08-26. "plateau". Cambridge...
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