Oberst Glacier
Oberst Glacier is a glacier draining the west side of Balchen Mountain in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named Oberstbreen because of its association with Balchen Mountain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Oberst Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,403 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Oberst Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Oberst Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Oberst Glacier”
- Chinese: “奧伯斯特冰川”
- German: “Oberstbreen”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Oberst”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oberstbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oberstbreen”
- Norwegian: “Oberstbreen”
- Swedish: “Oberst Glacier”
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Highlights include Balchen Mountain and De Gerlacheberget.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oberst Glacier”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.