Atka glacier
| Atka glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 41 ′ S , 161 ° 33 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Fry glacier | |
The Atka Glacier is a glacier in the Convoy Range in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows east of Flagship Mountain in a northerly direction to the Fry Glacier .
The New Zealand Northern Group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) discovered it in 1957 and named it after the icebreaker USS Atka , which was part of the US association in McMurdo Sound from 1956 to 1957 .
Web links
- Atka Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Atka Glacier on geographic.org (English)