Name details
Dålk Glacier
Dålk Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Dålk Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
Origin
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
- Dålk Glacier (Australia)
- Dålk Glacier (Russia)
Narrative
A glacier, 8 mi long, draining into the SE part of Prydz Bay between Larsemann Hills and Steinnes. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Named by John H. Roscoe in his 1952 study of features in the area as identified in air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named after Dalk Island lying at the terminus of the glacier.
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Location
Images
©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1987
- Catalogue id
- 2509A5
- Photographer
- Sayers, John (Jack)
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