Higashi-naga-iwa glacier
| Higashi-naga-iwa glacier | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 27 ′ S , 41 ° 38 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Cosmonaut Lake | |
The Higashi-naga-iwa glacier (from Japanese 東 長 岩 氷河 Higashinagaiwa-hyōga , German 'Ostlicher Langfelsengletscher' ; Norwegian Langknattbreen ) is a wide glacier on the Crown Prince Olav coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . On the east side of Naga-iwa Rock it flows into the Cosmonaut Sea .
It was mapped and photographed by participants in the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, which lasted from 1957 to 1962, and named it after the Naga-iwa Rock.
Web links
- Higashi-Naga IWA Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Higashi-naga-iwa Glacier on geographic.org (English)