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.Mawson Glacier
- Glacier with an elevation of 123 metres (404 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.
- Cebuano: “Mawson Glacier”
- Chinese: “莫森冰川”
- French: “glacier Mawson”
- French: “Glacier Mawson”
- German: “Mawson-Gletscher”
- Hausa: “Mawson Glacier”
- Hebrew: “קרחון מוסון”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Mawson”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mawsonbreen”
- Swedish: “Mawson Glacier”
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