The Priestley Glacier is a major valley glacier, about 96 km (60 mi) long, originating at the edge of the polar plateau of Victoria Land. "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period. Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Sea and on the west by Wilkes Land. The glacier drains southeast between the Deep Freeze and Eisenhower ranges to enter the northern end of the Nansen Ice Sheet. The Deep Freeze Range ( is a rugged Mountain range, over 128 km (80 mi long and about 16 km (10 mi wide rising between Priestley and Campbell glaciers The Eisenhower Range is a majestic Mountain range, about 72 km (45 mi long and rising to 3070 m (10072 ft which rises between Reeves Névé on the west Reeves Glacier
First explored by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, and named for Raymond E. Priestley, geologist with the Northern Party. The Terra Nova Expedition (1910&ndash1913 officially the British Antarctic Expedition 1910 was led by Robert Falcon Scott who had previously commanded the Discovery Sir Raymond Edward Priestley (July 20 1886 - June 24 1974 was a British geologist and early antarctic explorer A geologist is a contributor to the Science of Geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth and planets of the solar system
Priestley Neve () is the névé at the head of Priestley Glacier in Victoria Land. Névé ( is a young granular type of Snow which has been partially melted refrozen and compacted Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Sea and on the west by Wilkes Land. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in about 1966 in association with Priestley Glacier.
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This article incorporates text from Priestley Glacier, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government. This is a list of Glaciers. Due to somewhat sparse information some glaciers especially those in the tropics may no longer exist as listed The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone A work of the United States government, as defined by United States copyright law, is "a work prepared by an officer or employee of the U
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