Frost Glacier
Frost Glacier is a channel glacier flowing to the head of Porpoise Bay, Antarctica. It was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for John Frost, boatswain on the brig Porpoise of the United States Exploring Expedition under Charles Wilkes.Frost Glacier
- Glacier with an elevation of 65 metres (213 feet)
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-67.08333° or 67° 5′ south
Longitude
129.16667° or 129° 10′ east
Open location code
3Q4FW588+MM
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Frost Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Frost Glacier”
- Chinese: “弗羅斯特冰川”
- German: “Frost-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Frost”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Frostbreen”
- Swedish: “Frost Glacier”
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