The Axel Heiberg Glacier is a valley glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, descending about 56 kilometers from the high Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Herbert Range and Mount Don Pedro Christophersen. It was discovered and named in November 1911 by Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, who named it for Axel Heiberg, a Norwegian businessman and patron of Amundsen's expeditions.
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The Axel Heiberg Glacier (85°25′S 163°00′W) in Antarctica is a valley glacier, 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) long, descending from the high elevations of the Antarctic Plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf (nearly at sea level) between the Herbert Range and Mount Don Pedro Christophersen in the Queen Maud Mountains.
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