Matataua Glacier
{{Short description|Glacier in the Royal Society Range}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
Matataua Glacier, formerly Marchant Glacier ({{coord|78|6|S|162|3|E|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is a glacier, about {{Convert|7|nmi|km}} long, which drains the slopes of Rampart Ridge between Mount Bishop and Mount Potter and flows northwest to the vicinity of Mount Bockheim, in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Name
It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1994 after David R. Marchant, a glacial geologist at the University of Maine (and from 1995 at Boston University). In connection with Antarctic field work since 1985, Marchant discovered and used volcanic ashes to infer paleoclimate change and geologic stability in the McMurdo Dry Valleys and map the glacial history of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Marchant was put on paid administrative leave by Boston University in February 2018 for sexually harassing multiple female graduate students in Antarctica.{{cite web |title=Boston University rejects geologist David Marchant's appeal of termination |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/boston-university-rejects-geologist-david-marchant-s-appeal-termination |website=Science Magazine |accessdate=15 September 2018|date=28 February 2018 }}{{cite web |title=Antarctic glacier gets new name in wake of sexual harassment finding |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/antarctica-glacier-gets-new-name-wake-sexual-harassment-finding |website=Science Magazine |accessdate=19 September 2018|date=18 September 2018 }} In 2019, BU President Robert A. Brown terminated Marchant's employment.{{Cite web|last=Wadman|first=Meredith|date=2019-04-12|title=Boston University fires geologist found to have harassed women in Antarctica|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/boston-university-fires-geologist-who-sexually-harassed-women-antarctica|access-date=2020-11-30|website=Science {{!}} AAAS|language=en}} The incidents are thoroughly chronicled in the documentary Picture a Scientist.{{Cite web|title=Trailer|url=https://www.pictureascientist.com/media|access-date=2020-11-30|website=Picture a Scientist|language=en-US}}
It was renamed Matataua Glacier{{cite web |title=Matatua Glacier |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_ANTAR_ID:9374 |website=USGS GNIS |accessdate=15 September 2018}} by ACAN/BGN in September 2018 because of its proximity to Mata Taua Peak. The name Matataua Glacier represents a change in designation that brings the name of this feature into alignment with ACAN policies.{{cite web |title=BGN/ACAN Naming Policy |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/antex.html |website=United States Board on Geographic Names |accessdate=19 September 2018}}