Simpson Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica
title: "Simpson Glacier" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["admiralty-mountains", "glaciers-of-pennell-coast"] description: "Glacier in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/admiralty-mountains" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson_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 |
|---|---|
| name | Simpson Glacier |
| map | Antarctica |
| label | Simpson Glacier |
| location | Victoria Land |
| coordinates | |
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| name = Simpson Glacier | other_name = | photo = | photo_alt = | photo_caption = | map = Antarctica | map_width = | map_alt = | map_caption = | label =Simpson Glacier | type = | location = Victoria Land | coordinates = | coords_ref = | area = | length = | width = | terminus = Simpson Glacier () is a glacier, 6 nmi, in the Admiralty Mountains, Antarctica. It flows northward to the coast between Nelson Cliff and Mount Cherry-Garrard where it forms the Simpson Glacier Tongue.
Exploration and naming
The Simpson Glacier Tongue was named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 (BrAE), after Sir George Simpson, meteorologist of the expedition. The glacier described was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1960–63, and was so named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) because (with Fendley Glacier to the east) it nourishes the Simpson Glacier Tongue.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/C71188s5_Ant.Map_Cape_Adare.jpg" caption="Simpson Glacier towards northwest"] ::
The Simpson Glacier flows north through the Admiralty Mountains between the Wallis Glacier to the west and the Fendley Glacier to the east. The Simpson and Fendley glaciers pass on either side of Mount Cherry-Garrard and join in the Simpson Glacier Tongue which protrudes from the north coast of Victoria Land into the Pacific Ocean to the southeast of Nelson Cliff. The Fendley Glacier receives some ice from the Pitkevitch Glacier to its east.
Features
Fendley Glacier
Mount Cherry-Garrard
Simpson Glacier Tongue
Nelson Cliff
Gallery
File:Apsley Cherry-Garrard (cropped).jpg|Apsley Cherry-Garrard in January 1912 File:George Simpson.jpg|George Clarke Simpson in 1911 File:Edward W Nelson 1911.jpg|Edward W Nelson in 1911
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-03-08 |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:C71188s5_Ant.Map_Cape_Adare.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-08 |title=Cape Adare |publisher=USGS: United States Geographic Board |ref= }}
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