Beardmore Glacier

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Beardmore Glacier is one of the world’s largest valley glaciers in Antarctica, flowing from the Antarctic Plateau down to the Ross Ice Shelf and historically serving as a major route to the South Pole for early explorers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Beardmore Glacier canonical 4
Beardmore Glacier upper reaches 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ
belongsTo Antarctic glaciological system ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
country Antarctica ⓘ
discoveredBy Ernest Shackleton ⓘ
discoveryExpedition Nimrod Expedition ⓘ
discoveryYear 1908 ⓘ
emptiesInto Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
featureOf Transantarctic Mountains system ⓘ
flowsFrom Antarctic Plateau ⓘ
linked to: East Antarctica
flowsTo Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
glacierType valley glacier ⓘ
hasClimate polar ⓘ
hasHeadNear Antarctic Plateau ⓘ
linked to: East Antarctica
hasMouthNear Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
hasStatus major Antarctic glacier ⓘ
historicalSignificance key access route from Ross Sea to Antarctic Plateau ⓘ
isPartOf Antarctic ice sheet system ⓘ
linked to: Antarctic Ice Sheet
length about 125 miles ⓘ
about 200 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
locatedOnCoast Ross Sea sector ⓘ
linked to: Ross Sea
namedAfter William Beardmore ⓘ
namedBy Ernest Shackleton ⓘ
namedForTitle Lord Invernairn ⓘ
nearbyFeature Queen Alexandra Range ⓘ
Queen Maud Mountains ⓘ
notableFor being one of the world’s largest valley glaciers ⓘ
historical route for early South Pole expeditions ⓘ
partOf Ross Dependency ⓘ
region Ross Ice Shelf sector ⓘ
linked to: Ross Ice Shelf
routeType sledging route ⓘ
separates Queen Alexandra Range ⓘ
Queen Maud Mountains ⓘ
slopeDirection northward ⓘ
toward Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
surfaceFeature crevasses ⓘ
icefalls ⓘ
usedAsRouteTo South Pole ⓘ
usedByExplorer Ernest Shackleton ⓘ
Robert Falcon Scott ⓘ
usedDuringExpedition British Antarctic Expedition 1907–1909 ⓘ
Terra Nova Expedition 1910–1913 ⓘ
usedHistoricallyBy British Antarctic expeditions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ross Dependency → contains → Beardmore Glacier ⓘ
Ross Ice Shelf → terminusOf → Beardmore Glacier ⓘ
Queen Alexandra Range → extendsFrom → Beardmore Glacier ⓘ
Mount Kirkpatrick → near → Beardmore Glacier ⓘ
Queen Maud Mountains → contains → Beardmore Glacier upper reaches ⓘ
linked to: Beardmore Glacier