Wright Upper Glacier
Wright Upper Glacier is an ice apron at the upper west end of Wright Valley in Asgard Range, Antarctica. It is formed by a glacier flowing east from the inland ice plateau. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for C.S. Wright, a member of the British Antarctic Expedition, after whom the "Wright Glacier" was named.
Two massive icefalls descend from the Wright Upper Glacier into the Wright Valley, the wide and tall Airdevronsix Icefalls and the equally tall wide Warren Icefalls, which was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2004 for Alden Warren, a longtime photographer with the United States Geological Survey, involved in documenting maps of Antarctica.
Vortex Col is a col leading from the plateau into the south side of the glacier. At this locality, winds carrying clouds of snow from the polar plateau are deflected by Mount Fleming and funneled down this depression. The descriptive name was given by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee.
