Canada Glacier
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The Canada Glacier is a small polar glacier flowing southeast into the northern side of Taylor Valley, Victoria Land.
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[edit] Geographical features
Canada Glacier melt feeds Lake Fryxell to the west and Lake Hoare to the east. This glacier receives less than 10 cm of snowfall annually, and is (tecnically) a desert ecosystem.
[edit] Geopolitical disambiguaton
This glacier is in the UK Antarctic Zone.
[edit] History
Charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, under Robert Scott.
Charles S. Wright, a Canadian physicist, was a member of the party that explored this area.
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USGS site information
Sattilite map
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