Ising Glacier

Ising Glacier
Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
Location of Ising Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Queen Maud Land
Coordinates	72°24′S 0°57′E / 72.400°S 0.950°E / -72.400; 0.950
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Sverdrup Mountains
Status	unknown

Ising Glacier (72°24′S 0°57′E / 72.400°S 0.950°E / -72.400; 0.950Coordinates: 72°24′S 0°57′E / 72.400°S 0.950°E / -72.400; 0.950) is a glacier flowing northwest between Isingen Mountain and Kvitkjolen Ridge in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39). It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952), led by John Schjelderup Giæver, and from air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958–59) and named Isingbreen (the icing glacier).^[1]

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

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