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.- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 228 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Penckgletscher”
Penck Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.95° or 77° 57′ south
Longitude
-34.7° or 34° 42′ west
Elevation
228 metres (748 feet)
Open location code
29J728X2+X2
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Satellite Map
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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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