Ellisbreen
| Ellisbreen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| length | 6 km | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 58 '0 " S , 24 ° 17' 0" E | |
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The Ellisbreen is a 6 km long glacier in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the mountains of Sør Rondane it flows from Walnumfjella in a northerly direction between Gillockbreen and Jenningsbreen .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it in 1957 using aerial photographs taken during the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). They named the glacier after Edwin E. Ellis (* 1924) of the United States Navy , photographer on the flights of Operation Highjump to take aerial photos between 14 ° and 164 ° east longitude.
Web links
- Ellis Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ellis Glacier on geographic.org (English)