Taylor Glacier

Coordinates: 77°44′S, 162°10′E

Taylor Glacier
A MODIS satellite image of the Taylor Glacier.
Type	Polar Glacier
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	77°44′S, 162°10′E
Terminus	Moraine, a small section of the glacier flows into Lake Bonney.
Status	Stable

The Taylor Glacier is an Antarctic glacier about 54 km (35 mi) long, flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land into the western end of Taylor Valley, north of the Kukri Hills.

Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) and at that time thought to be a part of Ferrar Glacier. The Western Journey Party of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) determined that the upper and lower portions of what was then known as Ferrar Glacier are apposed, i.e., joined in Siamese-twin fashion north of Knobhead. With this discovery Scott named the upper portion for Griffith Taylor, geologist and leader of the Western Journey Party.

Recently, the Taylor Glacier has been the focus of a measurement and modeling effort carried out by researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Texas at Austin.

See also

• List of glaciers

External links

• Pictures from the Taylor Glacier
• A Long Term Ecological Research group is working in the Taylor Valley
• Satellite images of the region

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