Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier
Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier is a glacier flowing southwest between Mount Perov and Mount Limburg Stirum in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it after the Norsk Polarinstitutt, which at the time was situated in Oslo but today has its headquarters in Tromsø.- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,113 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Norsk Polarinstitutt, Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Loodts and Mount Maere.
Mount Loodts
Peak
Mount Loodts is a mountain, 2,420 metres high, immediately east of Mount Lorette in the Belgica Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Jacques Loodts, geodesist with the expedition. Mount Loodts is situated 2½ km northwest of Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier.
Mount Maere
Peak
Mount Maere is a mountain, 2,300 metres high, on the west side of Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier immediately southwest of Mount Bastin, in the Belgica Mountains of Antarctica. Mount Maere is situated 3 km northeast of Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier.
Mount Limburg Stirum
Peak
Belgica Mountains is an isolated chain of mountains about 10 miles long, standing 60 miles east-southeast of the Sor Rondane Mountains in Queen Maud Land, in the Antarctic. Mount Limburg Stirum is situated 3 km southeast of Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier.
Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier”
- Chinese: “挪威極地研究所冰川”
- German: “Norsk-Polarinstitutt-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Norsk Polarinstitutt”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Norsk Polarinstitutt-breen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Norsk Polarinstitutt-breen”
- Norwegian: “Norsk Polarinstitutt-breen”
- Swedish: “Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier”
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