Featured Item: Map of the Nimrod Glacier

Nimrod Glacier

What is this item?

A scan of a 1966 USGS map.

What geographic region is featured?

Antarctica

What BTAA library submitted the item?

University of Minnesota

Interesting tidbits:

• The glacier is named for The Nimrod, a ship from the early 1900s British Antarctic Expedition

• The map has a polar stereographic projection

• Map’s source was aerial photography

Where can I find out more?

• Antarctica NZ Digital Asset Manager: Nimrod Glacier

• Scripps Glaciology: Turning around on Nimrod Glacier (video)

• The geology of the Nimrod Glacier - Beaumont Bay area

• Nimrod Glacier (Wikipedia)

• Geomorphology and stratigraphy of the nimrod glacier–beaumont bay region, Southern Victoria land, Antarctica