Shell Glacier
| Shell Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 16 ′ S , 166 ° 25 ′ E | |
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| drainage | McMurdo Sound , Ross Sea | |
The Shell Glacier ( English for mussel glacier ) is the western branch of the ice cap of Mount Bird on the Antarctic Ross Island . It flows steeply into the valley north of Trachyte Hill and Harrison Bluff in the middle of the ice-free zone on the lower slopes of Mount Bird.
Participants in a campaign carried out from 1958 to 1959 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after the numerous mussels found in the glacier's moraines .
Web links
- Shell Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shell Glacier on geographic.org (English)