Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier Explained

Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Queen Maud Land
Coordinates:-72.5667°N 47°W
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Belgica Mountains
Status:unknown

Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier (-72.5667°N 47°W) is a glacier flowing southwest between Mount Perov and Mount Limburg Stirum in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it after the Norsk Polarinstitutt, which at the time was situated in Oslo but today has its headquarters in Tromsø (since 1998).

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