Barne Glacier
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 Ice cliff of the Barne Glacier, photographed by Herbert Ponting ( ca.1910 ) |
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 36 ′ S , 166 ° 26 ′ E | |
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| drainage | McMurdo Sound | |
The Barne Glacier is a glacier on the Antarctic Ross Island . It lies on the western flank of the Mount Erebus volcano and flows into McMurdo Sound between Cape Barne and Cape Evans .
The glacier was discovered by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . He was named by participants in the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909) under Ernest Shackleton after Michael Barne (1877-1961), a participant in the Discovery Expedition.
Web links
- Barne Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Barne Glacier on geographic.org (English)
- Barne Glacier. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 53 (English)
- Photo from the Barne Glacier. In: Encyclopædia Britannica
