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Flogeken Glacier

Coordinates: 72°4′S 4°25′E / 72.067°S 4.417°E / -72.067; 4.417
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Flogeken Glacier
Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Flogeken Glacier
Map showing the location of Flogeken Glacier
Location of Flogeken Glacier in Antarctica
Typedeeply entrenched
LocationQueen Maud Land
Coordinates72°4′S 4°25′E / 72.067°S 4.417°E / -72.067; 4.417
Thicknessunknown
TerminusMühlig-Hofmann Mountains
Statusunknown

Flogeken Glacier (72°4′S 4°25′E / 72.067°S 4.417°E / -72.067; 4.417) is a deeply entrenched glacier, flowing northwest between Mount Grytoyr and Langfloget Cliff, in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. it was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named Flogeken (the rock wall spoke).[1]

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  1. ^ "Flogeken Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-28.

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