Allison Glacier (Heard Island) Explained

Allison Glacier (Heard Island)
Type:	ice stream
Location:	Heard Island Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands Australia
Thickness:	approximately 55 meters
Terminus:	immediately south of Cape Gazert
Status:	Retreating^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
Map:	Indian Ocean
Label Position:	top
Mark:	Blue_pog.svg
Embedded:	Wikidata: yes Zoom: 11

Allison Glacier is an ice stream on the west side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Allison Glacier flows from Big Ben massif down to the sea to the south of Cape Gazert.^[6] To the north of Allison Glacier is Vahsel Glacier, whose terminus is at South West Bay, between Erratic Point and Cape Gazert. Immediately to the north of Vahsel Glacier is Schmidt Glacier, whose terminus is located between Mount Drygalski and North West Cornice. To the south of Allison Glacier is Abbotsmith Glacier, while Cape Gazert is immediately west.

Discovery and naming

Allison Glacier was named after Ian Allison, an Australian glaciologist who carried out glaciological research in this area in 1971 for the Australian Antarctic Division during the French-Australian Antarctic Expedition.^[6]

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Retreat of glaciers since 1850

Further reading

• Book: U. Radok . D. Watts . Snow and Ice (Proceedings of the Moscow Symposium, August 1971). A synoptic background to glacier variations of Heard Island. International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. 104. 1975. 42–56. http://iahs.info/redbooks/a104/iahs_104_0042.pdf. 7 June 2010.
• Book: Truffer, M. . Thost, D. . Ruddell, A. . amp. Antarctic CRC Research Report No. 24. The Brown Glacier, Heard Island: its morphology, dynamics, mass balance and climate setting. Cooperative Research Centre for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment, University of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania. 2001. 1–27.
• Kevin Kiernan . Anne McConnell . Glacier retreat and melt-lake expansion at Stephenson Glacier, Heard Island World Heritage Area. Polar Record. 38. 207. 297–308. 2002. 10.1017/S0032247400017988. 37333655 . 7 June 2010.

External links

• Click here to see a map of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, including all major topographical features
• Australian Antarctic Division
• Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
• Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Notes and References

1. Ian F. Allison . Peter L. Keage . Recent changes in the glaciers of Heard Island. Polar Record. 23. 144 . 255–272. 1986. 10.1017/S0032247400007099. 130086301 .
2. Web site: Andrew Ruddell. 25 May 2010. Our subantarctic glaciers: why are they retreating?. Glaciology Program, Antarctic CRC and AAD. 7 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20091002074124/http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=2100. 2 October 2009. dead.
3. Quilty, P.G. . Wheller, G.. Heard Island and the McDonald Islands: A window into the Kerguelen Plateau (Heard Island Papers). Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm.. 133. 2. 1–12. 2000.
4. Budd, G.M.. Changes in Heard Island glaciers, king penguins and fur seals since 1947 (Heard Island Papers). Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm.. 133. 2. 47–60. 2000.
5. Douglas E. Thost . Martin Truffer . Glacier Recession on Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean . Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research . 40 . 1 . 199–214 . February 2008 . 10.1657/1523-0430(06-084)[THOST]2.0.CO;2 . 130245283 . https://archive.today/20121204192707/http://instaar.metapress.com/content/m716t541j2514798/ . dead . 2012-12-04 . 7 June 2010 . free .
6. antarid. 620. Allison Glacier.