Albrecht Penck Glacier

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Albrecht Penck Glacier (76°40′S 162°20′ECoordinates: 76°40′S 162°20′E) is a glacier between the Fry Glacier and Evans Piedmont Glacier, draining northeast toward Tripp Bay on the coast of Victoria Land. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) which named this feature for Albrecht Penck, Director of the Institute of Oceanography and of the Geographical Institute in Berlin.[1]

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