Tatsu glacier
| Tatsu glacier | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Finlandia Foothills | |
| length | 2 km | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 55 '4 " S , 70 ° 3' 29" W | |
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| drainage | Sibelius Glacier | |
The Tatsu Glacier is a 2 km long glacier on Alexander I Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Finlandia Foothills, it flows north of Ryu Ridge from Dragon Peak in an easterly direction to the Sibelius Glacier .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2018. It is named after the Japanese竜 ( Tatsu , also Ryu ) for dragon .
Web links
- Tatsu Glacier . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland and the South Orkney Islands (English)