Rippon Glacier

66°44′S 56°29′E / 66.733°S 56.483°E / -66.733; 56.483ThicknessunknownTerminusEdward VIII Ice ShelfStatusunknown

Rippon Glacier is a small glacier located in Kemp Land, East Antarctica. It is close east of Seaton Glacier, flowing southward into Edward VIII Ice Shelf.

Rippon Glacier was mapped from aerial photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956, and named for Sgt. Ralph Tudor Rippon, RAAF, airframe fitter at Mawson Station in 1959.^[1][2]

Just to the south of Rippon Glacier is a large valley formed by the Robert and Wilma Glaciers. These two glaciers, along with the Seaton and Rippon Glaciers, all flow into the King Edward Ice Shelf. To the west are the Napier Mountains, running northwest from Mount Elkins. Still further west are the Tula Mountains, beyond which the Beaver Glacier flows into Amundsen Bay. Collectively, these terrain features significantly modify weather produced by synoptic scale systems. Dramatic changes can occur over short distances and in short time intervals.^[3] One problem with some moist southeasterly airstreams is cloud formation northwest of Seaton and Rippon Glaciers that produces whiteout conditions looking inland of Rippon Depot.^[3]

The following species have been sighted within 1.0 degrees of Rippon Glacier:^[2]

Scientific Name	Authority	Common Name	Observations
Bryum cf. caespiticium		Tufted thread-moss
Bryum pseudotriquetrum		Marsh bryum
Bryum urbanskyi

• Buellia frigida
• Caloplaca athallina
• Caloplaca citrina
• Candelariella flava
• Japewia tornoensis
• Lecanora expectans
• Physcia caesia
• Physcia dubia
• Pseudephebe minuscula
• Rinodina olivaceobrunnea
• Xanthoria mawsonii

The following species have been sighted within 1.0 degrees of Rippon Glacier:^[2]

Scientific Name	Authority	Common Name	Observations
Aptenodytes forsteri	Gray, 1844	Emperor penguin
Balaenoptera acutorostrata	Lacépède,1804	Minke whale
Balaenoptera bonaerensis	Burmeister, 1867	Antarctic minke whale (also known as the 'dark-shoulder minke whale")
Balaenoptera musculus	Linnaeus, 1758	Blue whale
Daption capense	Linnaeus, 1758	Cape petrel
Euphausia superba	Dana, 1852	Antarctic krill
Fulmarus glacialoides	Smith,1840	Southern fulmar
Lobodon carcinophaga	Hombron and Jacquinot,1842	Crabeater seal
Oceanites oceanicus	Kuhl, 1820	Wilson's storm petrel
Orcinus orca	Linnaeus, 1758	Killer whale
Pagodroma nivea	Forster,1777	Snow petrel
Puffinus spp.	Linnaeus, 1758	Shearwater
Pygoscelis adeliae	Hombron and Jacquinot,1841	Adélie penguin
Thalassoica antarctica	Gmelin,1789	Antarctic petrel

• Enderby Land
• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

"Rippon Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 31 May 2010.

• Australian Antarctic Division
• Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
• Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)
• United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
• Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory
• Mawson Station
• ANARE Club
• List of Peaks in Enderby Land
• Click here to see an image of helicopters refueling at a temporary fuel depot on Rippon Glacier in December 1979.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Rippon Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.