Stephenson Glacier Explained

Stephenson Glacier
Type:	cirque/tidewater
Location:	Heard Island Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands Australia
Thickness:	approximately 55 m
Terminus:	between Dovers Moraine and Stephenson Lagoon
Status:	Retreating^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
Map:	Indian Ocean
Label Position:	top
Embedded:	Wikidata: yes Zoom: 11

Stephenson Glacier is a glacier close west of Dovers Moraine on the east side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.^{[6] [7]} Its terminus is between Dovers Moraine and Stephenson Lagoon, with part of the glacier flowing to Doppler Hill and Sealers Beach. To the north of Stephenson Glacier is Brown Glacier, whose terminus is located at Brown Lagoon. To the southwest of Stephenson Glacier is Winston Glacier, whose terminus is located at Winston Lagoon, between Cape Lockyer and Oatt Rocks.

Discovery and naming

Stephenson Glacier was surveyed by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1948. It was named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for P.J. Stephenson, ANARE geologist on Heard Island in 1963.^{[6] [7]}

Further reading

• Book: U. Radok . D. Watts . amp . 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 . amp . 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. Ian F. Allison . Peter L. Keage . amp . Recent changes in the glaciers of Heard Island. Polar Record. 23. 255–272. 1986. 10.1017/S0032247400007099. 144. 130086301 .
2. Web site: Andrew Ruddell. 2010-05-25. Our subantarctic glaciers: why are they retreating?. Glaciology Program, Antarctic CRC and AAD. 5 June 2010.
3. Quilty, P.G. . Wheller, G. . amp . 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 . 7 June 2010 . dead . https://archive.today/20121204192707/http://instaar.metapress.com/content/m716t541j2514798/ . 4 December 2012 . dmy-all. free .
6. antarid. 14570. Stephenson Glacier. 5 June 2010.
7. antarid. 497. Stephenson Glacier. 5 June 2010.