Penck glacier
| Penck glacier | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 57 ′ S , 34 ° 42 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Vahsel Bay | |
The Penck Glacier is a small glacier on the Luitpold coast of the East Antarctic Coatsland . It flows into the Vahsel Bay on the western flank of the Bertrab Glacier .
Participants in the Second German Antarctic Expedition (1911-1912) under the direction of Wilhelm Filchner discovered it and named it after the German geographer and geologist Albrecht Penck (1858-1945).
Web links
- Penck Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Penck Glacier on geographic.org (English)
- Penck Glacier. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 239 (English)