Beardmore Glacier
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Beardmore Glacier is one of the world’s largest valley glaciers in Antarctica, flowing from the Antarctic Plateau down to the Ross Ice Shelf and historically serving as a major route to the South Pole for early explorers.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Antarctic glaciological system ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| country | Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryExpedition | Nimrod Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1908 ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Ross Ice Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featureOf | Transantarctic Mountains system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsFrom | Antarctic Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsTo | Ross Ice Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glacierType | valley glacier ⓘ |
| hasClimate | polar ⓘ |
| hasHeadNear | Antarctic Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMouthNear | Ross Ice Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStatus | major Antarctic glacier ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key access route from Ross Sea to Antarctic Plateau ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Antarctic ice sheet system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length |
about 125 miles
ⓘ
about 200 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
ⓘ
Transantarctic Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoast | Ross Sea sector NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Beardmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedBy | Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedForTitle | Lord Invernairn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Queen Alexandra Range
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queen Maud Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the world’s largest valley glaciers
ⓘ
historical route for early South Pole expeditions ⓘ |
| partOf | Ross Dependency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Ross Ice Shelf sector NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| routeType | sledging route ⓘ |
| separates |
Queen Alexandra Range
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queen Maud Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| slopeDirection |
northward
ⓘ
toward Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ |
| surfaceFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
icefalls ⓘ |
| usedAsRouteTo | South Pole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByExplorer |
Ernest Shackleton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Falcon Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedDuringExpedition |
British Antarctic Expedition 1907–1909
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Terra Nova Expedition 1910–1913 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedHistoricallyBy | British Antarctic expeditions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ross Dependency