Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier

Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier
Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier
	Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
	Location of Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Queen Maud Land
Coordinates	72°34′S 31°16′E / 72.567°S 31.267°E
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Belgica Mountains
Status	unknown

Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier (72°34′S 31°16′E / 72.567°S 31.267°E / -72.567; 31.267) is a glacier flowing southwest between Mount Perov and Mount Limburg Stirum in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it after the Norsk Polarinstitutt, which at the time was situated in Oslo but today has its headquarters in Tromsø (since 1998).

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