Cornwall Glacier (Ross Dependency)

Cornwall Glacier (83°4′S 162°20′E) is a glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range, draining eastward, to the south of the Crowell Buttresses, to enter Lowery Glacier. It was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) after the English County and Dukedom of Cornwall.

See also

Fopay Peak

References

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

Types

Anatomy

Processes

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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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