Shackleton Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica
title: "Shackleton Glacier" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["queen-maud-mountains", "glaciers-of-dufek-coast"] description: "Glacier in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/queen-maud-mountains" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shackleton_Glacier" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Glacier in Antarctica ::
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| photo | File:Defense.gov News Photo 960122-N-1259S-005.jpg |
| photo_caption | U.S. Navy Lockheed LC-130 prepares to take off from Shackleton Glacier, Jan. 22, 1996. |
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| map | Antarctica |
| terminus | Ross Ice Shelf |
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| name = | other_name = | photo = File:Defense.gov News Photo 960122-N-1259S-005.jpg | photo_width = | photo_alt = | photo_caption = U.S. Navy Lockheed LC-130 prepares to take off from Shackleton Glacier, Jan. 22, 1996. | type = | location = | coordinates = | coords_ref = | map = Antarctica | map_width = | map_alt = | map_caption = | mark = | area = | length = | width = | thickness = | terminus = Ross Ice Shelf | status = Shackleton Glacier () is a major Antarctic glacier, over 60 nmi long and from 5 to wide, descending from the Antarctic Plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount Speed and Waldron Spurs. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41) and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Sir Ernest Shackleton, British Antarctic explorer.
Course
The Shackleton Glacier originates in the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and flows northeast between Dismal Buttress to the northwest and Roberts Massif to the southeast. It is joined from the right (east) by Zaneveld Glacier, which also originates in the ice sheet. Further north it is joined from the right by the Logie Glacier, which flows west through the Cumulus Hills. Flowing north, the Shackleton Glacier is joined from the left (west) by the Gallup Glacier and the Baldwin Glacier and from the right (east) by McGregor Glacier just past Eckins Nunatak.
The Swithinbank Moraine extends north from Matador Mountain along the west side of the Shackleton Glacier to the Gemini Nunataks. It crosses the mouths of the Gallup, Baldwin, Mincey and Field glaciers, left tributaries of the Shackleton Glacier.
Past Lockhart Ridge the Shackleton Glacier is joined from the right by the Yeats Glacier. The glacier flows north through the Queen Maud Mountains, with the Anderson Heights to its west and the Cathedral Peaks to its east. Below the Gemini nunataks the Gerasimou Glacier and Forman Glacier enter from the west before the mouth of the Shackleton Glacier. From the right (east) the Shackleton Glacier is fed by the Dick Glacier and McCuistion Glacier. It is joined by the Massam Glacier at its mouth. The Barrett Glacier enters the Ross Ice Shelf just east of the Shackleton Glacier.
Left tributaries
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/C85165s1_Ant.Map_Liv_Glacier.jpg" caption="Upper course of the glacier (west of map)"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/C84165s1_Ant.Map_Shackleton_Glacier.jpg" caption="Lower course of the glacier (west of the map)"] ::
Tributaries from the left (west) of the glacier are:
Gallup Glacier
Baldwin Glacier
Mincey Glacier
Held Glacier
Gerasimou Glacier
Forman Glacier
Right tributaries
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/SHACKLETON_LC130_TAKEOFF-HR.jpg" caption="Lockheed LC-130 takes off from the Shackleton Glacier 25 November 2007"] ::
Tributaries from the right (east) of the glacier are:
Zaneveld Glacier
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/330-PSA-152-60_(USN_817415)_(21287040542).jpg" caption="USS ''Glacier''"] ::
Logie Glacier
Brunner Glacier
Gillespie Glacier
McGregor Glacier
Gatlin Glacier
Yeats Glacier
Dick Glacier
McCuistion Glacier
Massam Glacier
Barrett Glacier
Other features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/AN_-Victoria_Land.png" caption="Area map of Shackleton glacier."] ::
Features in the glacier, from south to north, include:
Vickers Nunatak
Eckins Nunatak
Taylor Nunatak
Swithinbank Moraine
Gemini Nunataks
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://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C85165s1_Ant.Map_Liv_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2023-12-26 |title=Liv Glacier |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C84165s1_Ant.Map_Shackleton_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2023-12-26 |title=Shackleton Glacier |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
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