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.- Glacier with an elevation of around 1,400 metres (4,600 feet)
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-72.05° or 72° 3′ south
Longitude
27.06667° or 27° 4′ east
Open location code
2GV9X328+2M
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Oberst Glacier” goes by many names.
Oberst GlacierCebuano
奧伯斯特冰川Chinese
Ghiacciaio OberstItalian
OberstbreenNorwegian
OberstbreenNorwegian Bokmål
OberstbreenNorwegian Nynorsk
Oberst GlacierSwedish
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