Nigglifirnfeld

Nigglifirnfeld
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location	Viktorialand , Antarctica
Mountains	Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	72 ° 43 ′  S , 167 ° 1 ′  E Coordinates: 72 ° 43 ′  S , 167 ° 1 ′  E
drainage	Wilhelm , Olson and Trainer Glaciers

The Nigglifirnfeld is a firn field in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Victory Mountains , it is located southeast of Mount Hancox . It feeds the Wilhelm , Olson and Trainer glaciers on the northern edge of the Malta Plateau .

Scientists from the German expedition GANOVEX III (1982–1983) named it. It is named after the Swiss geoscientist Paul Niggli (1888–1953).

See also

• List of geographical objects named by the GANOVEX expeditions

Web links

• Nigglifirnfeld in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1105 (English).