Chijire glacier
| Chijire glacier | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 3 ′ S , 43 ° 23 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Cosmonaut Lake | |
The Chijire Glacier ( Norwegian Rukkebreen ) is a glacier in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It flows north to the Crown Prince Olav Coast , which it reaches immediately east of the Chijire Rocks .
Japanese cartographers mapped it using measurements and aerial photographs of the Japanese Antarctic expedition, which lasted from 1957 to 1962 . The Japanese name Chijire-hyōga ( Japanese ち じ れ 氷河 ) means something like "rippled glacier".
Web links
- Chijire Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chijire Glacier on geographic.org (English)