Nielsen Fjord

McMahon Glacier is a about 18 nautical miles long in the of , Antarctica. It drains north between the Buskirk Bluffs and Gregory Bluffs into Nielsen Fjord.

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Nielsen Fjord

Latitude
-70.7° or 70° 42′ south
Longitude
165.83333° or 165° 50′ east
Named after
Captain H Nielsen
Open location code
2VX77RXM+X8
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Open­Street­Map feature
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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”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Samushkova and Arthurson Bluff.

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