Atka Glacier

Atka Glacier
Location of Atka Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Victoria Land
Coordinates	76°41′S 161°33′E / 76.683°S 161.550°E / -76.683; 161.550
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Fry Glacier
Status	unknown

Atka Glacier (76°41′S 161°33′E / 76.683°S 161.550°E / -76.683; 161.550Coordinates: 76°41′S 161°33′E / 76.683°S 161.550°E / -76.683; 161.550) is the glacier immediately east of Flagship Mountain, draining north into Fry Glacier in Victoria Land. It was discovered and named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956–58, and named after USS Atka, an American icebreaker in the convoy to McMurdo Sound in the 1956–57 season.

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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Atka Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Glaciers in the Antarctic

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