The nozzle
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 Topographic map with the Darwin Glacier and The Nozzle (below) |
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| Compass direction | west | east | |
| Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The nozzle (English for the nozzle ) is a constriction in the lower portion of the Darwin Glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It is located in the vicinity of Diamond Hill on the Hillary coast and leads to upheavals of the ice masses of the glacier, which are compressed here.
The bottleneck was given its descriptive name by the crew of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) who explored the Darwin Glacier.
Web links
- The nozzle in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Nozzle on geographic.org (English)