Blaiklock Glacier Explained

Blaiklock Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Coats Land
Coordinates:-80.5°N -80°W
Length:16nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Shackleton Range
Status:unknown

The Blaiklock Glacier is a glacier 16nmi long, flowing north from Turnpike Bluff, then northwest to Mount Provender and Mount Lowe in the western part of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica.

Exploration

The glacier was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), and named for Kenneth V. Blaiklock, the leader of the advance party of the CTAE in 1955–56 and a surveyor with the transpolar party in 1956–58.

Location

The Blaiklock Glacier is one of the larger of the glaciers in the Shackleton Range.The glacier forms below Turnpike Bluff and Wyeth Heights.It flows north and then northeast between the Otter Highlands to the west and the Haskard Highlands to the east.Small glaciers or snowfields trending east from Otter Highlands discharge into Blaiklock Glacier.At its mouth it flows to the south of Nostoc Lake and Mount Provender.

See also