Gotley Glacier Explained

Gotley Glacier
Type:	cirque/tidewater
Location:	Heard Island Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands Australia
Area:	27 km^2
Length:	7.3 nautical miles (13.2 km)
Thickness:	approximately 55 meters
Terminus:	between Cape Arkona and Cape Labuan
Status:	Retreating^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
Map:	Indian Ocean
Label Position:	top
Mark:	Blue_pog.svg
Embedded:	Wikidata: yes Zoom: 10

Gotley Glacier is a well-defined glacier, 5nmi long, descending from the ice-covered slopes of the Big Ben massif to the southwest side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Its terminus is located between Cape Arkona and Cape Labuan.^{[6] [7]} To the east of Gotley Glacier is Deacock Glacier, whose terminus is located between Cape Labuan and Long Beach. To the northwest of Gotley Glacier is Lied Glacier, whose terminus is located between Cape Arkona and Cape Pillar. Cape Arkona separates Gotley Glacier from Lied Glacier.

Discovery and naming

Gotley Glacier was surveyed in 1948 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, and named by them for Aubrey V. Gotley, meteorologist and officer-in-charge of the party.^{[6] [7]}

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. and Ruddell, A.. 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)
• United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrew Ruddell. 25 May 2010. Our subantarctic glaciers: why are they retreating?. Glaciology Program, Antarctic CRC and AAD. 5 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20091002074124/http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=2100. 2 October 2009. dead.
2. Ian F. Allison . Peter L. Keage . Recent changes in the glaciers of Heard Island. Polar Record. 23. 255–272. 1986. 10.1017/S0032247400007099. 144. 130086301 .
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. 5873. Gotley Glacier. 5 June 2010.
7. antarid. 617. Gotley Glacier. 5 June 2010.