Nottarp Glacier

Coordinates: 82°37′S 162°54′E / 82.617°S 162.900°E / -82.617; 162.900 Nottarp Glacier is a small glacier draining eastward into Lowery Glacier just south of Mount Damm in the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Klemens J. Nottarp, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciologist on the Ross Ice Shelf, 1962–63 and 1965-66.

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

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Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glacifluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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