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[[File:Guest Peninsula AND MARSHALL Map.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0]][[File:Balchen Glacier - Bruce.jpg|thumb|Snowmobile party crossing Balchen Glacier]] | [[File:Guest Peninsula AND MARSHALL Map.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0]][[File:Balchen Glacier - Bruce.jpg|thumb|Snowmobile party crossing Balchen Glacier]] | ||
The '''Balchen Glacier''' (76°23′S 145°10′W) is a [[crevasse|crevassed]] [[glacier]] in [[Antarctica]], flowing west to [[Block Bay]] between the [[Phillips Mountains]] and the [[Fosdick Mountains]] in [[Westarctica]]. | The '''Balchen Glacier''' (76°23′S 145°10′W) is a [[crevasse|crevassed]] [[glacier]] in [[Antarctica]], flowing west to [[Block Bay]] between the [[Phillips Mountains]] and the [[Fosdick Mountains]] in [[Westarctica]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
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Lars Vorländer, a German citizen of Westarctica, was made [[Duke of the Balchen Glacier]] by Letters Patent on 23 January 2018. | Lars Vorländer, a German citizen of Westarctica, was made [[Duke of the Balchen Glacier]] by Letters Patent on 23 January 2018. | ||
==Nearby features== | |||
A high number of [[nunatak]]s lie in close proximity to the glacier, including: | |||
* [[Abele Nunatak]] | |||
* [[Hermann Nunatak]] | |||
* [[Weikman Nunataks]] | |||
* Hutcheson Nunataks | |||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||
[[Category:Glaciers]] | [[Category:Glaciers]] |