Robb Glacier
{{short description|Glacier in Antarctica}}
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Robb Glacier ({{coord|82|38|S|165|0|E}}) is a glacier about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long that flows through the Ross Dependency to enter the west coast of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Location
File:C82187s5 Ant.Map Holland Range.jpg
File:C82195s1 Ant.Map Nimrod Glacier.jpg
File:C83165s1 Ant.Map Mount Rabot.jpg
The Robb Glacier flows from Clarkson Peak north along the east side of Softbed Ridges to the Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Goldie.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=621}}
It flows between the Queen Elizabeth Range to the west and the Holland Range to the east.
To the north of Softbed Ridges it converges with Lowery Glacier, which is to the west, but the two glaciers separate when they reach Taylor Hills.{{sfn|Nimrod Glacier USGS}}
Its mouth is southeast of the Lowery Glacier and the Nimrod Glacier.{{sfn|Holland Range USGS}}
It is north of the Lennox-King Glacier and the Beardmore Glacier.{{sfn|Mount Elizabeth USGS}}
Named by the expedition after Murray Robb, leader of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1959–60), who traversed this glacier to reach Lowery Glacier.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=621}}
Mouth
=Cape Goldie=
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{{coord|82|38|S|165|54|E}}
A cape at the south side of the mouth of Robb Glacier, overlooking the Ross Ice Shelf.
Discovered by the BrNAE (1901–04) and named for Sir George Goldie, a member of the committee which made the final draft of the instructions for the expedition.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=284}}
=Cape Huinga=
{{coord|82|31|S|165|10|E}}.
A bold cape overlooking the Ross Ice Shelf, at the north side of the mouth of Robb Glacier.
The Southern Party of the NZGSAE (1959–60) assembled near the cape in November 1959, thus suggesting the name.
Huinga is the Maori word for a gathering.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=353}}
Right tributaries
Tributaries entering the right (east) side of the glacier are:
=Bondeson Glacier=
{{coord|82|44|S|165|00|E}}
Glacier about {{convert|7|mi}} long, flowing north along the east side of Benson Ridge into the lower portion of Robb Glacier.
Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys (1961–62) and Navy air photos (1960).
Named by US-ACAN for W. Bondeson, Master of the USNS Pvt. John R. Towle during USN OpDFrz 1964 and 1965.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=78}}
=Cleaves Glacier=
{{coord|82|57|S|165|00|E}}
A glacier in the Holland Range, flowing northwest from Mount Reid into the east side of Robb Glacier.
Mapped by USGS from tellurometer surveys (1961–62) and Navy air photos (1960).
Named by US-ACAN for Harold H. Cleaves, Master of the USNS Pvt. Joseph F. Merrell during OpDFrz 1964–65.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=139}}
References
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Sources
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- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |access-date=2023-12-03 |edition=2
|editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G.
|publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}} {{Include-USGov |agency=United States Board on Geographic Names}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C82187s5_Ant.Map_Holland_Range.jpg |access-date=2024-01-03
|title=Holland Range |publisher=USGS |ref={{harvid|Holland Range USGS}} }}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C83172s5_Ant.Map_Mount_Elizabeth.jpg |access-date=2024-01-03
|title=Mount Elizabeth |publisher=USGS |ref={{harvid|Mount Elizabeth USGS}} }}
- {{citation |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:C82195s1_Ant.Map_Nimrod_Glacier.jpg |access-date=2023-12-22
|title=Nimrod Glacier |publisher=USGS |ref={{harvid|Nimrod Glacier USGS}} }}
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{{Glaciers in the Antarctic}}
{{Glaciers of the Ross Dependency}}