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Dålk Glacier

Coordinates: 69°26′S 76°27′E / 69.433°S 76.450°E / -69.433; 76.450
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Dålk Glacier
Location of Princess Elizabeth Land
Map showing the location of Dålk Glacier
Map showing the location of Dålk Glacier
Location of Dålk Glacier in Antarctica
LocationPrincess Elizabeth Land
Coordinates69°26′S 76°27′E / 69.433°S 76.450°E / -69.433; 76.450
Length8 nmi (15 km; 9 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusPrydz Bay
Statusunknown

Dålk Glacier (69°26′S 76°27′E / 69.433°S 76.450°E / -69.433; 76.450) is a glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, draining into the southeast part of Prydz Bay between the Larsemann Hills and Steinnes. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37), and named by John H. Roscoe in his 1952 study of features in the area as identified in air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47). It was named after Dålk Island lying at the terminus of the glacier.[1]

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  1. ^ "Dålk Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-12-13.

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