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[[File:Balchen Glacier | [[File:Balchen-Glacier.jpg|300px|thumb|Map of the Balchen Glacier with the Fosdick and Phillips Mountains]] | ||
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== | ||
It was discovered on December 5, 1929, by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition and named by [[Richard E. Byrd]] | It was discovered on December 5, 1929, by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition and named by [[Richard E. Byrd]] in honor of Bernt Balchen, chief pilot of the expedition. | ||
==Duke of the Balchen Glacier== | ==Duke of the Balchen Glacier== | ||
Lars Vorländer, a German citizen of Westarctica, was | Lars Vorländer, a German citizen of Westarctica, was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] [[Duke of the Balchen Glacier]] by Letters Patent on 23 January 2018. In March of that year, the Duke became a prominent patron of the [[Westarctica Civilian Corps]] with the creation of the Vorländer Scholarship. | ||
==Nearby features== | |||
[[File:Balchen Glacier - Bruce.jpg|thumb|300px|Sledge team crossing the Balchen Glacier]] | |||
A high number of [[nunatak]]s lie in close proximity to the glacier, including: | |||
* [[Abele Nunatak]] | |||
* [[Herrmann Nunatak]] | |||
* [[Weikman Nunataks]] | |||
* [[O'Conner Nunataks]] | |||
* Hutcheson Nunataks | |||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||
[[Category:Glaciers]] | [[Category:Glaciers]] | ||