Glopeflya
Coordinates: 72 ° 7 ′ S , 10 ° 25 ′ E
The Glopeflya (Norwegian for canyon plain ) is a narrow and icy plain in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It lies between the eastern part of the Orvinfjella and the adjacent plateau of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to the south .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named the plain descriptively, mapped it using surveys and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Glopeflya Plain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Glopeflya Plain on geographic.org (English)