Downes Glacier

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Broad tidewater glacier on the north side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean

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::summary Broad tidewater glacier on the north side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean ::

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FieldValue
nameDownes Glacier
photoHeard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe (Antarctica centered).svg
photo_captionLocation of Heard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe
typetidewater
locationHeard Island
Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Australia
coords
thicknessapproximately 55 meters
terminusMechanics Bay, between Saddle Point and Cape Bidlingmaier
statusRetreating{{Cite journal
author1Ian F. Allison
journalPolar Record
volume23
pages255–272
year1986
doi10.1017/S0032247400007099
issue144
authorAndrew Ruddell
date25 May 2010
urlhttp://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=2100
titleOur subantarctic glaciers: why are they retreating?
publisherGlaciology Program, Antarctic CRC and AAD
accessdate5 June 2010
archive-urlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20091002074124/http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=2100
archive-date2 October 2009
url-statusdead
}}<ref nameQuil2000{{Cite journal
author1Quilty, P.G.
titleHeard Island and the McDonald Islands: A window into the Kerguelen Plateau (Heard Island Papers)
journalPap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm.
volume133
issue2
pages1–12
year2000
}}<ref nameBudd2000{{Cite journal
authorBudd, G.M.
titleChanges in Heard Island glaciers, king penguins and fur seals since 1947 (Heard Island Papers)
journalPap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm.
volume133
issue2
pages47–60
year2000
}}<ref nameThost2008{{Cite journal
author1Douglas E. Thost
author2Martin Truffer
titleGlacier Recession on Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean
journalArctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
volume40
issue1
pages199–214
dateFebruary 2008
doi10.1657/1523-0430(06-084)[THOST]2.0.CO;2
s2cid130245283
urlhttp://instaar.metapress.com/content/m716t541j2514798/
archive-urlhttps://archive.today/20121204192707/http://instaar.metapress.com/content/m716t541j2514798/
url-statusdead
archive-date2012-12-04
accessdate7 June 2010
doi-accessfree
mapIndian Ocean
label_positiontop
markBlue_pog.svg
mapframeyes
mapframe-zoom11
mapframe-wikidatayes
::

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Discovery and naming

Surveyed by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1948. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for M.C. Downes, ANARE biologist at Heard Island in 1951 and 1963.

References

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