Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier | |
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Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica | |
Location of Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Queen Maud Land |
Coordinates | 72°34′S 31°16′E / 72.567°S 31.267°E / -72.567; 31.267 |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Belgica Mountains |
Status | unknown |
Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier (72°34′S 31°16′E / 72.567°S 31.267°E / -72.567; 31.267) is a glacier flowing southwest between Mount Perov and Mount Limburg Stirum in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it after the Norsk Polarinstitutt, which at the time was situated in Oslo but today has its headquarters in Tromsø (since 1998).
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References
- This article incorporates public domain material from "Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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