Ekblad Glacier
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 Map sheet with EKBLAD GLACIER on the northern edge of the map |
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Holland Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 4 ′ S , 167 ° 17 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Wise Bay | |
The Ekblad Glacier is an approximately 13 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows from the eastern slopes of the Holland Range to Wise Bay on the Shackleton Coast bordering the Ross Ice Shelf .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Arne Ernst Magnus Ekblad (1908 - unknown), captain of the USNS Wyandot during Operation Deep Freeze in 1964 and 1965.
Web links
- Ekblad Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ekblad Glacier on geographic.org (English)