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Atka Glacier

Coordinates: 76°41′S 161°33′E / 76.683°S 161.550°E / -76.683; 161.550
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Atka Glacier
Map showing the location of Atka Glacier
Map showing the location of Atka Glacier
Location of Atka Glacier in Antarctica
LocationVictoria Land
Coordinates76°41′S 161°33′E / 76.683°S 161.550°E / -76.683; 161.550
Thicknessunknown
TerminusFry Glacier
Statusunknown

Atka Glacier (76°41′S 161°33′E / 76.683°S 161.550°E / -76.683; 161.550) is the glacier immediately east of Flagship Mountain, draining north into Fry Glacier in Victoria Land. It was discovered and named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956–58, and named after USS Atka, an American icebreaker in the convoy to McMurdo Sound in the 1956–57 season.

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References

  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Atka Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.