Krank Glacier
| Krank Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 8 kilometers | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Helm Glacier | |
The Krank Glacier is an 8 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Elizabeth Range of the Transantarctic Mountains, it flows in an easterly direction to the Helm Glacier , into which it joins immediately south of Mount Macbain .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Joseph P. Krank (1916–2005), meteorologist at Little America Station in the Antarctic winter of 1957.
Web links
- Sick Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Krank Glacier on geographic.org