Rakuda glacier
| Rakuda glacier | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 3 ′ S , 43 ° 54 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Cosmonaut Lake | |
The Rakuda Glacier ( Japanese ら く だ 氷河 Rakuda-hyōga , German 'Camel Glacier' ) is a glacier on the Crown Prince Olav coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It flows into the sea east of the Rakuda Rock .
He was mapped and photographed by participants in the Japanese Antarctic expedition, which lasted from 1957 to 1962, and who also named him.
Web links
- Rakuda Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rakuda Glacier on geographic.org (English)