Lied Glacier

Body of ice on Heard Island
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::summary Body of ice on Heard Island ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox glacier"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lied Glacier |
| photo | ISS018-E-038182 lrg.jpg |
| photo_caption | Satellite image of the southern tip of Heard Island. Cape Arkona is seen on the left side of the image, with Lied Glacier just above and Gotley Glacier just below. Big Ben Volcano and Mawson Peak are seen at the lower right side of the image. |
| type | cirque/tidewater |
| location | Heard Island |
| Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands | |
| Australia | |
| coords | |
| thickness | approx 55 m |
| terminus | between Cape Arkona and Cape Pillar |
| 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 | 2010-05-25 |
| 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/ |
| accessdate | 7 June 2010 |
| url-status | dead |
| archiveurl | https://archive.today/20121204192707/http://instaar.metapress.com/content/m716t541j2514798/ |
| archivedate | 4 December 2012 |
| df | dmy-all |
| doi-access | free |
| map | Indian Ocean |
| label_position | top |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 11 |
| mapframe-wikidata | yes |
| :: |
| name = Lied Glacier | photo = ISS018-E-038182 lrg.jpg | photo_caption = Satellite image of the southern tip of Heard Island. Cape Arkona is seen on the left side of the image, with Lied Glacier just above and Gotley Glacier just below. Big Ben Volcano and Mawson Peak are seen at the lower right side of the image. | type = cirque/tidewater | location = Heard Island Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands Australia | coords = | area = | length = | thickness = approx 55 m | terminus = between Cape Arkona and Cape Pillar | 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=2010-05-25 |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/ |accessdate = 7 June 2010 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://archive.today/20121204192707/http://instaar.metapress.com/content/m716t541j2514798/ |archivedate = 4 December 2012 |df = dmy-all |doi-access= free | map = Indian Ocean | label_position = top | map_caption = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-wikidata = yes Lied Glacier is a glacier close north of Cape Arkona on the southwest side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 8809 | name = Lied Glacier | accessdate = 5 June 2010}}{{cite aadcgaz | type = antarid | id = 493 | name = Lied Glacier | accessdate = 5 June 2010}} To the southeast of Lied Glacier is Gotley Glacier, whose terminus is located between Cape Arkona and Cape Labuan. Cape Arkona separates Lied Glacier from Gotley Glacier. To the north of Lied Glacier is Abbotsmith Glacier.
Discovery and naming
Lied Glacier was surveyed by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1948. It was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for N.T. Lied, a radio operator and weather observer with ANARE on Heard Island in the years 1951 and 1963, respectively.
References
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