Nemo glacier
| Nemo glacier | ||
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| location | Pourquoi Pas Island , Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 43 ′ S , 67 ° 23 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Nemo Cove | |
The Nemo Glacier is a glacier on Pourquoi-Pas Island off the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows east to Nemo Cove .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1979 based on the name of the bay of the same name. It is named after Captain Nemo , one of the main characters from the novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne .
Web links
- Nemo Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nemo Glacier on geographic.org (English)