Schytt Glacier Explained

Schytt Glacier
Location:Queen Maud Land
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Map:Antarctica
Coordinates:-71.5833°N -43°W
Length:60nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Princess Martha Coast
Status:unknown

Schytt Glacier is a broad glacier about 60 miles (100 km) long, flowing northward between Giaever and Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land to the Jelbart Ice Shelf. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949–1952) and named for Valter Schytt, second in command and glaciologist of NBSAE.

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