Freimanis Glacier
| Freimanis Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Admiralty Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 40 km | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 5 ′ S , 168 ° 15 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Tucker Glacier | |
The Freimanis Glacier is a 40 km long glacier in the Admiralty Mountains in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows in a west-northwest direction between Mount Greene and the Novasio Ridge to the Tucker Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of measurements and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1960 and 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1964 after the American aurora researcher Harry Freimanis (* 1939), scientific director of Hallett - Station between 1962 and 1963.
Web links
- Freimanis Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Freimanis Glacier on geographic.org (English)