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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Protected StatusInternational Treaty Protected Area 1 Connections
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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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Atka Glacier -76.6833333 161.55 Antarctica glacier(s)
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1. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Secretariat of the Antarctic TreatyArticle 2Quote, Article 2
It designates Antarctica as a “natural reserve, devoted to peace and science” (Art. 2).
Fry Glacier (Wikipedia)
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Fry Glacier (76°38′S 162°18′E) is a glacier draining the slopes at the northeast corner of the Convoy Range and flowing along the south end of the Kirkwood Range into Tripp Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Wikidata: Atka Glacier
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