Albrecht Penck Glacier

Albrecht Penck Glacier

Albrecht Penck Glacier (coord|76|40|S|162|20|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a glacier between the Fry Glacier and Evans Piedmont Glacier, draining northeast toward Tripp Bay on the coast of Victoria Land. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) which named this feature for Albrecht Penck, Director of the Institute of Oceanography and of the Geographical Institute in Berlin. [ [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:204 Antarctica Detail ] ]

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