Nishi-naga-iwa glacier
| Nishi-naga-iwa glacier | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 37 ′ S , 41 ° 1 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Cosmonaut Lake | |
The Nishi-naga-iwa glacier (from Japanese 西 長 岩 氷河 Nishinagaiwa-hyōga , German 'Westlicher Langfelsengletscher' ; Norwegian Darumabreen ) is a wide glacier on the Crown Prince Olav coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It flows into the Cosmonaut Sea between the Daruma Rock and Cape Akarui .
It was mapped and photographed by participants in the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, which lasted from 1957 to 1962, and who named it in connection with the Higashi-naga-iwa Glacier (or Eastern Long Rock Glacier ) located 8 km to the east .
Web links
- Nishi-Naga IWA Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nishi-naga-iwa Glacier on geographic.org (English)