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Balch Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Balch Glacier is a glacier about 9 nautical miles long on the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica, flowing southeast into Mill Inlet south of Gould Glacier and reaching a maximum elevation of about 267 meters. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1946 and 1947 and named for Edwin S. Balch, an American historian of Antarctic exploration. 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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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: Balch 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: Balch Glacier
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Wikidata: Balch Glacier
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