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[[File:Peter I Island Map.jpg|300px|thumb|Map of Peter I Island showing location of Storfallet Glacier]] | |||
The '''Storfallet''' is a large and very steep [[glacier]] slope on the southeast coast of [[Peter I Island]]. | The '''Storfallet''' is a large and very steep [[glacier]] slope on the southeast coast of [[Peter I Island]]. | ||
The glacier runs from [[Lars Christensen Peak]] at an elevation of 176 meters in a south-easterly direction between Vestryggen and Austryggen to the Vostok coast. | The glacier runs from [[Lars Christensen Peak]] at an elevation of 176 meters in a south-easterly direction between Vestryggen and Austryggen to the Vostok coast. | ||
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==Name== | ==Name== | ||
The word ''storfallet'' is a Norwegian word meaning "large slope." Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named the glacier in 1987. | The word ''storfallet'' is a Norwegian word meaning "large slope." Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named the glacier in 1987. | ||
==Noble title== | |||
As part of the [[20th Anniversary Honors and Appointments]] celebrating [[Westarctica]]'s 20 years of sovereignty, [[Prince Ashton Roman]] was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Prince of Storfallet. | |||
[[Category:Peter I Island]] | [[Category:Peter I Island]] | ||
[[Category:Glaciers]] | [[Category:Glaciers]] | ||