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Axel Heiberg Glacier

Axel Heiberg Glacier
Axel Heiberg Glacier

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.

Also on this shelf

CCGS Sir Humphrey Gilbert.

1840 Fiji expedition.

See also

Uncatalogued shelf

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Depth 15
Shelf 80a144d7d81b13
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