Gotley Glacier

{{Short description|Body of ice on Heard Island}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox glacier

| name = Gotley Glacier

| photo = ISS018-E-038182 lrg.jpg

| photo_caption = Satellite image of the southern tip of Heard Island. Cape Arkona is seen on the left side of the image, with Lied Glacier just above and Gotley Glacier just below. Big Ben Volcano and Mawson Peak are seen at the lower right side of the image.

| type = cirque/tidewater

| location = Heard Island
Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Australia

| coords = {{Coord|53|10|S|73|27|E|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}

| area = 27 km²

| length = 7.3 nautical miles (13.2 km)

| thickness = approximately 55 meters

| terminus = between Cape Arkona and Cape Labuan

| status = Retreating{{Cite web

|author=Andrew Ruddell

|date=25 May 2010

|url=http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=2100

|title=Our subantarctic glaciers: why are they retreating?

|publisher=Glaciology Program, Antarctic CRC and AAD

|accessdate=5 June 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002074124/http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=2100

|archive-date=2 October 2009

|url-status=dead

}}{{Cite journal

|author1=Ian F. Allison |author2=Peter L. Keage |title=Recent changes in the glaciers of Heard Island

|journal=Polar Record

|volume=23

|pages=255–272

|year=1986

|doi=10.1017/S0032247400007099

|issue=144|s2cid=130086301 }}{{Cite journal

|author1=Quilty, P.G. |author2=Wheller, G.

|title=Heard Island and the McDonald Islands: A window into the Kerguelen Plateau (Heard Island Papers)

|journal=Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm.

|volume=133

|issue=2

|pages=1–12

|year=2000

}}{{Cite journal

|author=Budd, G.M.

|title=Changes in Heard Island glaciers, king penguins and fur seals since 1947 (Heard Island Papers)

|journal=Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm.

|volume=133

|issue=2

|pages=47–60

|year=2000

}}{{Cite journal

|author1=Douglas E. Thost

|author2=Martin Truffer

|title=Glacier Recession on Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean

|journal=Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

|volume=40

|issue=1

|pages=199–214

|date=February 2008

|doi=10.1657/1523-0430(06-084)[THOST]2.0.CO;2

|s2cid=130245283

|url=http://instaar.metapress.com/content/m716t541j2514798/

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204192707/http://instaar.metapress.com/content/m716t541j2514798/

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2012-12-04

|accessdate=7 June 2010

|doi-access=free

}}

| map = Indian Ocean

| label_position = top

| map_caption =

| mark = Blue_pog.svg

| embedded = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=10|coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}

}}

Gotley Glacier is a well-defined glacier, {{convert|5|nmi|km|0}} long, descending from the ice-covered slopes of the Big Ben massif to the southwest side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Its terminus is located between Cape Arkona and Cape Labuan.{{cite gnis

| type = antarid

| id = 5873

| name = Gotley Glacier

| accessdate = 5 June 2010}}{{cite aadcgaz

| type = antarid

| id = 617

| name = Gotley Glacier

| accessdate = 5 June 2010}} To the east of Gotley Glacier is Deacock Glacier, whose terminus is located between Cape Labuan and Long Beach. To the northwest of Gotley Glacier is Lied Glacier, whose terminus is located between Cape Arkona and Cape Pillar. Cape Arkona separates Gotley Glacier from Lied Glacier.