Norfolk Glacier
| Norfolk Glacier | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 20 km | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 53 ′ S , 130 ° 18 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Reedy Glacier | |
The Norfolk Glacier is a 20 km long glacier in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . It flows from the Wisconsin Range in a westerly direction to the Reedy Glacier , into which it joins between Mount Soyat and Mount Bolton .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1960 and 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after the US city of Norfolk in Virginia , the location of the meteorological unit of the support troops of the US Navy in Antarctica .
Web links
- Norfolk Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Norfolk Glacier on geographic.org (English)