Namako Hyôga
Namako Hyôga | ||
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location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Belgica Mountains | |
Coordinates | 72 ° 34 ′ S , 31 ° 16 ′ E | |
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Namako Hyôga (from Japanese な ま こ 氷河 ' sea cucumber glacier ' ) is a glacier in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the northern part of the Belgica Mountains it flows in a south-easterly direction.
Japanese scientists took aerial photographs in 1976 and took surveys between 1979 and 1980. They named it descriptively for its shape.
Web links
- Namako Hyôga in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)