Ghiacciaio Mushroom
| Ghiacciaio Mushroom | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Deep Freeze Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 1.7 km | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 9 '25 " S , 163 ° 1' 35" O | |
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| drainage | Priestley Glacier | |
The Ghiacciaio Mushroom ( Italian - English for mushroom glacier ) is a 1.7 km long glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Deep Freeze Range , it opens 4 km northwest of the summit of Mount Levick in a southerly direction towards the Priestley Glacier .
Italian scientists named it in 2002 after its shape, in which it widens from a narrow head end to a dome-shaped mouth.
Web links
- Mushroom, Ghiacciaio in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)