Glitrefonna
| Glitrefonna | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 57 ′ S , 25 ° 33 ′ E | |
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The Glitrefonna ( Norwegian for glitter glacier ) is a glacier in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It is located in the Sør Rondane mountains on the north side of Bergersenfjella .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it descriptively, mapped it in 1957 using aerial photographs taken during the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947).
Web links
- Glitrefonna Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Glitrefonna Glacier on geographic.org (English)