Jensen Glacier

Jensen Glacier (85°5′S 170°48′E) is a tributary glacier, about 10 nautical miles (20 km) long, flowing north between the Supporters Range and Lhasa Nunatak into Snakeskin Glacier, in Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Kenard H. Jensen, a United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist at South Pole Station in 1963.[1]

References

"Jensen Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-07-24.

This article incorporates public domain material from "Jensen 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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