Reedy Glacier

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Reedy Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier that drains part of the Transantarctic Mountains and flows southward into the Ross Ice Shelf.

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Label Occurrences
Reedy Glacier canonical 2

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier
adjacentTo Horner Nunatak
Mount McClintock
Mount Rees
Rawson Mountains
Watson Escarpment
classification polar glacier
continent Antarctica
countryClaim unclaimed territory in Antarctica
discoveredBy United States Antarctic Research Program
drainageBasin Transantarctic Mountains interior ice
drains Transantarctic Mountains
environment polar desert climate
featureOf Ross Sea sector of Antarctica
linked to: Ross Sea
flowDirection southward
flowsInto Ross Ice Shelf
hasPhysicalCharacteristic drainage glacier
major outlet glacier
locatedIn Antarctica
Marie Byrd Land
mappedBy United States Geological Survey
mappedUsing U.S. Navy air photos
mappingPeriod 1959–1965
namedAfter Rear Admiral James R. Reedy
namedBy Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
near Amundsen Sea sector boundary
linked to: Amundsen Sea
partOf Transantarctic Mountains glacial system
region Ross Dependency vicinity
surfaceType ice
terminus Ross Ice Shelf

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Referenced by (2)

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Ross Ice Shelf terminusOf Reedy Glacier
Queen Maud Mountains contains Reedy Glacier