Cassini Glacier

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Cassini Glacier is a steep glacier between and Bonne Glacier, descending northwest from Hobbs Ridge into Blue Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. One of a group of names in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by the New Zealand Geographic Board, it was named from the Cassini map projection, a cylindrical projection in which the cylinder is at right angles to the axis of the globe.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Cassini Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

Coordinates: 77°54′S 163°49′E / 77.900°S 163.817°E / -77.900; 163.817


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