Shennong glacier
| Shennong glacier | ||
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| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 30 ′ S , 76 ° 2 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Prydz Bay | |
The Shennong Glacier ( Chinese 神農 冰川 ) is a glacier on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It flows into Prydz Bay , which it reaches in the form of a glacier tongue between the Bølingen archipelago and the Stornes peninsula .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it using aerial photographs from the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . The name was given by Chinese scientists. It is named after Shennong , a figure from Chinese mythology.
Web links
- Shennong Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shennong Glacier on geographic.org (English)