Baie USS Glacier
| Baie USS Glacier | ||
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| Waters | Breidvika | |
| Land mass | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 24 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Baie USS Glacier ( French ) is a small bay in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It is a side bay of the Breidvika on the Princess Ragnhild Coast .
Scientists from the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1957/58 under Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery explored it. The bay is named after the US icebreaker USS Glacier , which freed the Norwegian sailor Polarhav from the pack ice in January 1959 in the service of Belgian Antarctic expeditions .
Web links
- USS Glacier, Baie in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)