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List of glaciers of Kaiser Wilhelm II Land

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19: 219: 156:. Channel glacier, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) wide and 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) long, flowing north from the continental ice to the coast close east of Krause Point. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN OpHjp, 1946-47, and named by US-ACAN for Ens. Teddy E. Jones, USNR, photo interpreter with the Naval Photographic Interpretation Center, who served as recorder and assistant with the USN OpWml parties which established astronomical control stations along Wilhelm II, Knox and Budd Coasts in 1947–48. 47: 400: 269:
immediately east of Gaussberg. The glacier was observed from the summit of Gaussberg by the Gauss expedition under Drygalski, 1901-03. It was named after Drygalski's Posadowsky Bay by US-ACAN in 1955 following studies of the aerial photographs taken by USN OpHjp, 1946-47.
404: 87:. Channel glacier, about 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) wide and 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) long, flowing north from the continental ice to 546: 596: 516: 511: 437: 237: 166: 128: 59: 278: 591: 556: 622: 586: 465: 460: 668: 561: 118:(OpWml), 1947-48, which assisted in establishing astronomical control stations along Wilhelm II, Queen Mary, Knox and Budd Coasts. 576: 531: 430: 408: 305: 300: 104: 202:. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN OpHjp, 1946-47. Named by the ANCA for Emil Philippi, geologist with the 295: 571: 566: 536: 496: 423: 481: 601: 581: 486: 446: 501: 606: 551: 506: 230: 541: 491: 194:. Coastal glacier about 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) long, flowing north to the east end of the 637: 632: 526: 222: 18: 290: 218: 647: 35: 8: 207: 108: 115: 100: 96: 642: 382: 203: 266: 265:
Glacier about 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) long, flowing north to
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in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in
627: 390:(2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names 358: 346: 334: 322: 198:, 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) west of 26:(red), Australian Antarctic Territory in Antarctica 660: 225:, for whom several Antarctic features were named 445: 431: 623:List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands 438: 424: 95:. 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Kaiser Wilhelm II Land

66°49′S 90°20′E / 66.817°S 90.333°E / -66.817; 90.333
Posadowsky Bay
Cape Torson
United States Navy
Operation Highjump
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
USS Burton Island
Operation Windmill
66°36′S 91°30′E / 66.600°S 91.500°E / -66.600; 91.500
66°45′S 88°20′E / 66.750°S 88.333°E / -66.750; 88.333
West Ice Shelf
Gaussberg
Gauss expedition
Erich von Drygalski

Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner
Posadowsky Glacier (Antarctica)
66°50′S 89°25′E / 66.833°S 89.417°E / -66.833; 89.417
Posadowsky Bay
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)
Alberts 1995
Alberts 1995
Alberts 1995

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