Christy Glacier

Christy Glacier (86°6′S 161°30′W) is a steep tributary glacier draining southeast along the southwestern side of Breyer Mesa to enter Amundsen Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Clarence C. Christy, maintenance shop supervisor at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, on U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1967.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from "Christy Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

Types

Anatomy

Processes

Measurements

Volcanic relations

Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Nunatak P-form Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Suncup Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glaciofluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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