Lowery Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica
title: "Lowery Glacier" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["glaciers-of-the-ross-dependency", "shackleton-coast"] description: "Glacier in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/glaciers-of-the-ross-dependency" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowery_Glacier" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Glacier in Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| map | Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
| length | 110 km |
| terminus | Nimrod Glacier |
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Location
The Lowery Glacier flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Antarctica, along the east side of the Queen Elizabeth Range to enter Nimrod Glacier. To the north of Softbed Ridges it converges with Robb Glacier, but the two glaciers separate when they reach Taylor Hills.
It was named by the New Zealand Geological and Topographical Survey Expedition (1959–60) for J.H. Lowery who, as a member of a field party, suffered injuries when a Sno-cat broke through a crevasse bridge off Cape Selborne in November 1959.
Icefalls
Arai Terraces
Left tributaries
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/C82195s1_Ant.Map_Nimrod_Glacier.jpg" caption="Nimrod Glacier and lower Lowery Glacier (east)"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/C83165s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Rabot.jpg" caption="Queen Elizabeth Range and upper Lowery Glacier (east)"] ::
Tributaries entering from the left (west) include:
Cornwall Glacier
Dorrer Glacier
Heidemann Glacier
Helm Glacier
Kent Glacier
Linehan Glacier
Nottarp Glacier
Pavlak Glacier
Rowland Glacier
Right tributaries
Tributaries entering from the right (east) include:
Oliver Glacier
Glacier draining the area west and south of Mount Christchurch and entering Lowery Glacier just north of the Taylor Hills. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Edward J. Oliver, USARP glaciologist at South Pole Station, 1961-62.
Robb Glacier
Main article: Robb Glacier
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:C82195s1_Ant.Map_Nimrod_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2023-12-22 |title=Nimrod Glacier |publisher=USGS |ref= }}
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