Fiftyone Glacier

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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 ::

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FieldValue
nameFiftyone Glacier
photoHeard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe (Antarctica centered).svg
photo_captionLocation of Heard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe
typecirque/tidewater
locationHeard Island
Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Australia
coords
thicknessapproximately 55 meters
terminusbetween Lavett Bluff and Lambeth Bluff
statusRetreating{{Cite journal
author1Ian F. Allison
journalPolar Record
volume23
pages255–272
year1986
doi10.1017/S0032247400007099
urlhttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=5403460
access-date5 June 2010
issue144
}}<ref nameRuddell{{Cite web
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
access-date5 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}}{{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}}{{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
access-date7 June 2010
doi-accessfree
mapIndian Ocean
label_positiontop
markBlue_pog.svg
mapframeyes
mapframe-zoom11
mapframe-wikidatayes
::

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Discovery and naming

Fiftyone Glacier was surveyed by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1948. It was named "The 1951 Glacier" by an ANARE party that made a traverse of Heard Island in 1951. The form Fiftyone Glacier was recommended by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) in 1964.

References

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