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[[File:Scott-Glacier.jpg|350px|thumb|Field camp on the Scott Glacier]] | [[File:Scott-Glacier.jpg|350px|thumb|Field camp on the Scott Glacier]] | ||
The '''Scott Glacier''' is a major [[glacier]], 120 miles (190 km) long, that drains the [[East Antarctic Ice Sheet]] through the [[Queen Maud Mountains]] to the [[Ross Ice Shelf]]. The Scott Glacier is one of a series of major glaciers flowing across the [[Transantarctic Mountains]], with the Amundsen Glacier to the west and the [[Leverett Glacier|Leverett]] and [[Reedy | The '''Scott Glacier''' is a major [[glacier]], 120 miles (190 km) long, that drains the [[East Antarctic Ice Sheet]] through the [[Queen Maud Mountains]] to the [[Ross Ice Shelf]]. The Scott Glacier is one of a series of major glaciers flowing across the [[Transantarctic Mountains]], with the Amundsen Glacier to the west and the [[Leverett Glacier|Leverett]] and [[Reedy Glacier]]s to the east. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
The Scott Glacier originates on the Antarctic Plateau in the vicinity of [[D'Angelo Bluff]] and [[Mount Howe]], and descends between the Nilsen Plateau and the mountains of the [[Watson Escarpment]] to enter [[Ross Ice Shelf]] just west of the Tapley Mountains. | The Scott Glacier originates on the Antarctic Plateau in the vicinity of [[D'Angelo Bluff]] and [[Mount Howe]], and descends between the Nilsen Plateau and the mountains of the [[Watson Escarpment]] to enter [[Ross Ice Shelf]] just west of the [[Tapley Mountains]]. | ||
The Tapley Mountains, Watson Escarpment, Mount Blackburn, and the La Gorce Mountains bound the Scott Glacier on its eastern margin, while the Karo Hills, Hays Mountains, Faulkner Escarpment, and Rawson Mountains define the western edge of the Scott's drainage. | The Tapley Mountains, Watson Escarpment, [[Mount Blackburn]], and the [[La Gorce Mountains]] bound the Scott Glacier on its eastern margin, while the Karo Hills, Hays Mountains, Faulkner Escarpment, and Rawson Mountains define the western edge of the Scott's drainage. | ||
The Scott Glacier is bisected by the 150° line of longitude putting roughly half the [[glacier]] in [[Westarctica]]'s territory while the westernmost half is located inside New Zealand's [[Ross Dependency]]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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[[Category:Glaciers]] | [[Category:Glaciers]] | ||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | |||