Wright Upper Glacier

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Glacier in Antarctica

title: "Wright Upper Glacier" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["glaciers-of-the-asgard-range", "mcmurdo-dry-valleys"] description: "Glacier in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/glaciers-of-the-asgard-range" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Upper_Glacier" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Glacier in Antarctica ::

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FieldValue
photoFile:Wright Upper Glacier, Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys.jpg
photo_captionWright Upper Glacier viewed from the air. Airdevronsix icefalls visible at head of glacier. Labyrinth is in the foreground.
mapAntarctica
locationRoss Dependency
coordinates
terminusRoss Sea
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| child = | name = | other_name = | photo = File:Wright Upper Glacier, Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys.jpg | photo_alt = | photo_caption = Wright Upper Glacier viewed from the air. Airdevronsix icefalls visible at head of glacier. Labyrinth is in the foreground. | map = Antarctica | map_width = | map_alt = | map_caption = | type = | location = Ross Dependency | coordinates = | coords_ref = | area = | length = | width = | thickness = | elevation_max = | elevation_min = | terminus = Ross Sea | status = | embedded = Wright Upper Glacier () is an ice apron at the upper west end of Wright Valley in the Asgard Range, Antarctica. It is formed by a glacier flowing east from the inland ice plateau. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958–59) for C. S. Wright, a member of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13), after whom the "Wright Glacier" (adjusted to Wright Lower Glacier by the VUWAE) was named.

Location

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/C77198s1_Ant.Map_Taylor_Glacier.jpg" caption="Asgard Range south of center of mapped region. Wright Upper Glacier at west end of the range."] ::

The head of the Wright Upper Glacier is to the east of the Antarctic Plateau, Horseshoe Mountain and Mount Fleming. To their north, the glacier is fed by the Airdevronsix Icefalls, and to their south the Warren Icefalls and Vortex Col descend into the glacier. Mount Baldr, at the eastern end of the Asgard Range, is south of the glacier, and the Labyrinth is to the east. Apollo Peak at the west end of the Olympus Range is to the northeast.

Features

Airdevronsix Icefalls

Main article: Airdevronsix Icefalls

The Airdevronsix icefall is 5 km wide and 400 m high.

Horseshoe Mountain

Mount Fleming

Medley Ridge

A rock ridge that extends northeast from Mount Fleming to the south margin of Wright Upper Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after David Medley, PHI helicopter mechanic with United States Antarctic Project (United States ArmyP) in eight consecutive field seasons from 1996-97.

Hallet Valley

A valley between Meddley Ridge and Vortex Col in west Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after Bernard Hallet, Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; United States Antarctic Project (United States ArmyP) investigator of land surface stability in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1995-2002.

Warren Icefall

The Warren Icefall is 920 m wide and 400 m high.

Vortex Col

References

Sources

  • {{citation |url=https://www.wondermondo.com/airdevronsix-icefalls/ |accessdate=2024-02-13 |title=Airdevronsix icefalls |work=wondermondo |ref= }}

  • {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-01-30 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}

  • {{cite gnis2|type=antarid |id=18706 |name=Hallet Valley}}

  • {{cite gnis2|type=antarid |id=18675 |name=Medley Ridge}}

  • {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C77198s1_Ant.Map_Taylor_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2024-02-11 |title=Taylor Glacier |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}

  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18695 |name=Warren Icefall}}

  • {{citation |url=https://www.wondermondo.com/warren-icefall/ |ref= |title=Warren Icefall |work=Wondermondo |date=2014-07-07 |accessdate=2019-06-10}}

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