Mollweide Glacier

Mollweide Glacier (77°56′S 163°40′E) is a steep glacier 1 nautical mile (2 km) south of Mount Kowalczyk, descending west from Hobbs Ridge into Blue Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by the New Zealand Geographic Board; this glacier was named from the Mollweide projection, an equal area map projection with the parallels and central meridian being straight lines.[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Mollweide Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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