Schmidt Glacier (Heard Island and McDonald Islands)

{{Short description|Glacier in Antarctica}}

{{Infobox glacier

| name = Schmidt Glacier

| photo = Heard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe (Antarctica centered).svg

| photo_width =

| photo_alt =

| photo_caption = Location of Heard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe

| type = cirque/tidewater

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

| coords = {{Coord|53|3|S|73|24|E|}}

| area =

| length = 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km)

| thickness = approximately 55 meters

| terminus = between Mount Drygalski and North West Cornice

| status = Retreating{{Cite journal

|author1=Ian F. Allison |author2=Peter L. Keage

|name-list-style=amp |title=Recent changes in the glaciers of Heard Island

|journal=Polar Record

|volume=23

|pages=255–272

|year=1986

|doi=10.1017/S0032247400007099

|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=5403460

|accessdate=5 June 2010

|issue=144|s2cid=130086301

}}{{Cite web

|author=Andrew Ruddell

|date=2010-05-25

|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}}{{Cite journal

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

|name-list-style=amp |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/

|accessdate = 7 June 2010

|url-status = dead

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

|archivedate = 4 December 2012

|df = dmy-all

|doi-access= free

}}

| map = Indian Ocean

| label_position = top

| map_caption =

| embedded = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=11|coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}

}}

Schmidt Glacier ({{Coord|53|3|S|73|24|E|}}) is a glacier, 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) long, flowing west from Baudissin Glacier between Mount Drygalski and North West Cornice, on the west side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.{{cite gnis

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| name = Schmidt Glacier

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

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| id = 608

| name = Schmidt Glacier

| accessdate = 5 June 2010}} To the north of Schmidt Glacier is Baudissin Glacier, whose terminus is located at the western side of Corinthian Bay, near Sealers Cove. Kildalkey Head is west of Schmidt Glacier. To the south of Schmidt Glacier is Vahsel Glacier, whose terminus is at South West Bay, between Erratic Point and Cape Gazert. Immediately south of Vahsel Glacier is Allison Glacier. Click [https://www.jstor.org/pss/521074 here] to see a map of Schmidt Glacier and the northwestern coast of Heard Island.