Quartermain Glacier is a well defined, highly crevassed glacier on the north side of Fricker Glacier in Antarctica, separated from it in its upper reaches by Mount Kennett. It flows from the polar plateau into Mill Inlet on the east coast of Graham Land and was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Leslie B. Quartermain, a New Zealand historian of the Antarctic. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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1. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Secretariat of the Antarctic TreatyArticle 2Quote, Article 2
It designates Antarctica as a “natural reserve, devoted to peace and science” (Art. 2).
Quartermain Glacier (Wikipedia)
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Quartermain Glacier (67°1′S 65°9′W) is a well-defined, highly crevassed glacier on the north side of Fricker Glacier, from which it is separated in its upper reaches by Mount Kennett.
Wikidata: Quartermain Glacier
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