Dragon Glacier
| Dragon Glacier | ||
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| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Kraków Dome | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 7 ′ S , 58 ° 22 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Admiralty Bay | |
The Dragon Glacier ( English ; Polish Lodowiec Smoka ' Dragon Glacier ' ) is a glacier on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows north from Kraków Dome past Wawel Hill to Admiralty Bay .
Polish scientists named it in 1980. It is named after the legendary "Dragon of Krakow", which in the founding myth of the city of Krakow from the Vandals -Herzog Krak killed monster.
Web links
- Dragon Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)