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Atka Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Atka Glacier lies immediately east of Flagship Mountain in Victoria Land, Antarctica, draining north into the Fry Glacier. It was discovered and named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1956 to 1958, after the USS Atka, an American icebreaker that took part in the convoy to McMurdo Sound during the 1956-57 season. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Glaciation, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Atka Glacier

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Atka Glacier
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Fry Glacier (Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Atka Glacier
Wikidata Q4815886, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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