Mawson Glacier
The Mawson Glacier is a large glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, descending eastward from the Antarctic Plateau to the north of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter the Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjöld Ice Tongue.- Glacier with an elevation of around 120 metres (400 feet)
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-76.21667° or 76° 13′ south
Longitude
162.08333° or 162° 5′ east
Open location code
2VM4Q3MM+88
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mawson Glacier” goes by many names.
קרחון מוסוןHebrew
Ghiacciaio MawsonItalian
MawsonbreenNorwegian Nynorsk
Mawson GlacierSwedish
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