Norfolk Glacier

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Norfolk Glacier (

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85°53′S 130°18′W / 85.883°S 130.300°W / -85.883; -130.300Coordinates: 85°53′S 130°18′W / 85.883°S 130.300°W / -85.883; -130.300) is a glacier, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, draining westward from Wisconsin Range to enter Reedy Glacier between mounts Soyat and Bolton. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Norfolk, VA, location of , the of the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica.[1]

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  1. ^ "Norfolk Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-01-16.

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