Atka Glacier
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Atka Glacier () is the glacier immediately east of Flagship Mountain, draining north into Fry Glacier in Victoria Land. Discovered and named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58. Named after the USS Atka, an American icebreaker in the convoy to McMurdo Sound in the 1956-57 season.
This article incorporates text from Atka Glacier, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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