Shackleton Glacier
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Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, over 60 nautical miles long and from 5 to 10 nautical miles wide, descending from the Antarctic Plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing
U.S. Navy Lockheed LC-130 prepares to take off from Shackleton Glacier, Jan. 22, 1996.
Lockheed LC-130 takes off from the Shackleton Glacier 25 November 2007
USS Glacier
Nunatak
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A nunatak is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They often form natural pyramidal peaks. Isolated nunata
Shackleton Glacier
…operator at Scott Base, who was in contact with the Southern Party almost every day during the three months they were in the field. . A small, isolated nunatak lying 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) northeast of Matador Mountain, in the east part of Shackleton Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Henry J. Eckins…
Nunataks in Antarctica
Cântaro Magro, Serra da Estrela, Portugal, formed as a nunatak during the last ice age and now exposed.