Nielsen Fjord
McMahon Glacier is a glacier about 18 nautical miles long in the Anare Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It drains north between the Buskirk Bluffs and Gregory Bluffs into Nielsen Fjord.Places of Interest
Highlights: Harwood, Mount.
Nielsen Fjord
- Type: Bay
- Description: fjord in Antarctica
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-70.7° or 70° 42′ south
Longitude
165.83333° or 165° 50′ east
Named after
Captain H Nielsen
Open location code
2VX77RXM+X8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Nielsen Fjord” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “尼爾森灣”
- French: “Nielsen-Fjord”
- German: “Nielsen-Fjord”
- Hebrew: “פיורד נילסן”
- Indonesian: “Fyord Nielsen”
- Low German: “Nielsen-Fjord”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nielsenfjorden”
- Swedish: “Nielsen Fjord”
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Highlights: Samushkova and Arthurson Bluff.
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