Deacock Glacier

Glacier on the south side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean
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::summary Glacier on the south side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox glacier"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Deacock Glacier |
| photo | Heard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe (Antarctica centered).svg |
| photo_caption | Location of Heard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe |
| type | tidewater |
| location | Heard Island |
| Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands | |
| Australia | |
| coords | |
| thickness | approximately 55 meters |
| terminus | between Cape Labuan and Long Beach |
| status | Retreating{{Cite journal |
| author1 | Ian F. Allison |
| journal | Polar Record |
| volume | 23 |
| pages | 255–272 |
| year | 1986 |
| doi | 10.1017/S0032247400007099 |
| issue | 144 |
| author | Andrew Ruddell |
| date | 25 May 2010 |
| url | http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=2100 |
| title | Our subantarctic glaciers: why are they retreating? |
| publisher | Glaciology Program, Antarctic CRC and AAD |
| accessdate | 5 June 2010 |
| archive-url | https://web.archive.org/web/20091002074124/http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=2100 |
| archive-date | 2 October 2009 |
| url-status | dead |
| }}<ref name | Quil2000{{Cite journal |
| author1 | Quilty, P.G. |
| title | Heard Island and the McDonald Islands: A window into the Kerguelen Plateau (Heard Island Papers) |
| journal | Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. |
| volume | 133 |
| issue | 2 |
| pages | 1–12 |
| year | 2000 |
| }}<ref name | Budd2000{{Cite journal |
| author | Budd, G.M. |
| title | Changes in Heard Island glaciers, king penguins and fur seals since 1947 (Heard Island Papers) |
| journal | Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. |
| volume | 133 |
| issue | 2 |
| pages | 47–60 |
| year | 2000 |
| }}<ref name | Thost2008{{Cite journal |
| author1 | Douglas E. Thost |
| author2 | Martin Truffer |
| title | Glacier Recession on Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean |
| journal | Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research |
| volume | 40 |
| issue | 1 |
| pages | 199–214 |
| date | February 2008 |
| doi | 10.1657/1523-0430(06-084)[THOST]2.0.CO;2 |
| s2cid | 130245283 |
| url | http://instaar.metapress.com/content/m716t541j2514798/ |
| archive-url | https://archive.today/20121204192707/http://instaar.metapress.com/content/m716t541j2514798/ |
| url-status | dead |
| archive-date | 2012-12-04 |
| accessdate | 7 June 2010 |
| doi-access | free |
| map | Indian Ocean |
| label_position | top |
| mark | Blue_pog.svg |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 12 |
| mapframe-wikidata | yes |
| :: |
| name = Deacock Glacier | photo = Heard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe (Antarctica centered).svg | photo_width = | photo_alt = | photo_caption = Location of Heard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe | type = tidewater | location = Heard Island Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands Australia | coords = | area = | length = | thickness = approximately 55 meters | terminus = between Cape Labuan and Long Beach | status = Retreating{{Cite journal |author1=Ian F. Allison |author2=Peter L. Keage |title=Recent changes in the glaciers of Heard Island |journal=Polar Record |volume=23 |pages=255–272 |year=1986 |doi=10.1017/S0032247400007099 |issue=144|s2cid=130086301 }}{{Cite web |author=Andrew Ruddell |date=25 May 2010 |url=http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=2100 |title=Our subantarctic glaciers: why are they retreating? |publisher=Glaciology Program, Antarctic CRC and AAD |accessdate=5 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002074124/http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=2100 |archive-date=2 October 2009 |url-status=dead |author1=Quilty, P.G. |author2=Wheller, G. |title=Heard Island and the McDonald Islands: A window into the Kerguelen Plateau (Heard Island Papers) |journal=Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. |volume=133 |issue=2 |pages=1–12 |year=2000 |author=Budd, G.M. |title=Changes in Heard Island glaciers, king penguins and fur seals since 1947 (Heard Island Papers) |journal=Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. |volume=133 |issue=2 |pages=47–60 |year=2000 |author1=Douglas E. Thost |author2=Martin Truffer |title=Glacier Recession on Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean |journal=Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=199–214 |date=February 2008 |doi=10.1657/1523-0430(06-084)[THOST]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=130245283 |url=http://instaar.metapress.com/content/m716t541j2514798/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204192707/http://instaar.metapress.com/content/m716t541j2514798/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-04 |accessdate=7 June 2010 |doi-access=free | map = Indian Ocean | label_position = top | map_caption = | mark = Blue_pog.svg | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 12 | mapframe-wikidata = yes
Deacock Glacier () is a glacier close west of Lavett Bluff on the south side of Heard Island{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 3614 | name = Deacock Glacier | accessdate = 5 June 2010}}{{cite aadcgaz | type = antarid | id = 494 | name = Deacock Glacier | accessdate = 5 June 2010}} in the southern Indian Ocean. Its terminus is between Cape Labuan and Long Beach. To the east of Deacock Glacier is Fiftyone Glacier, whose terminus is located between Lavett Bluff and Lambeth Bluff. To the west of Deacock Glacier is Gotley Glacier, whose terminus is located between Cape Arkona and Cape Labuan.
Discovery and naming
Surveyed by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions), 1948–63. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for W. Deacock, a member of ANARE on Heard Island in 1963.
References
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