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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Potsdamgletscher (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Potsdamgletscher (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
This name originates from Germany. It is part of the Germany Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The glacier flows from ist head (-71,2°lat, +11°long) between the N extremity of Wohlthatmassiv and the nunataks of Lingetoppane in NE direction, turning to S-N direction, passing Schirmacheroase, and flowing into Nivlisen, Prinsesse Astrid Kyst, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Named during a field campaign 1997/98 for ERS1/2 Satellite Interferometry when intensive measurements were carried out on the glacier resulting in a consolidated outline of the glacier's catchment area.
Potsdam, Capital of the Land Brandenburg, Germany; for more than a century Potsdam was and is a centre of geo-scientific research.
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