Ghiacciaio Byrd
Sign in to saveByrdbreen () is, at about long and wide, the largest glacier flowing northwest between Mount Bergersen and Balchen Mountain in the Sør Rondane Mountains. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named for Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U.S. Navy, commander of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Ghiacciaio Byrd is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in AQ, across 4 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Glaciers of Queen Maud Land and Princess Ragnhild Coast.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- glacier
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- Antarctica, Norway territorial claim (Queen Maud Land, 2015).svg
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Article · Italiano
Il ghiacciaio Byrd (in norvegese: "Byrdbreen") è un ghiacciaio lungo circa 74 km e largo 20, situato sulla costa della Principessa Ragnhild, nella Terra della Regina Maud, in Antartide. Il ghiacciaio si trova in particolare nelle montagne Sør Rondane, dove fluisce verso nord-ovest scorrendo tra il e il monte Balchen.
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4 mapped locations