Penck Glacier
Penck Glacier is a small glacier flowing northward along the west side of Bertrab Nunatak to Vahsel Bay. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm Filchner, who named this feature for German geographer Albrecht Penck.- Glacier with an elevation of around 230 metres (750 feet)
- …is also known as “Penckgletscher”
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.95° or 77° 57′ south
Longitude
-34.7° or 34° 42′ west
Open location code
29J728X2+X2
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Penck Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Penck Glacier”
- Chinese: “彭克冰川”
- Fulah: “Penck Glacier”
- German: “Penck-Gletscher”
- Hebrew: “קרחון פנק”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Penck”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Penckbreen”
- Swedish: “Penck Glacier”
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