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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]] 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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Revision as of 00:05, 16 October 2021
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.
Name
The word storfallet is a Norwegian word meaning "large slope." Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named the glacier in 1987.