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Fuerza Aérea Glacier
Fuerza Aérea Glacier is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, extending 4.5 km in a northeast–southwest direction and 2 km in a southeast–northwest direction and draining the northwest slopes of the Breznik Heights to flow northwestwards into Discovery Bay. It was named "Glaciar Fuerza Aérea" (Air Force Glacier) by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition for the Chilean Air Force.
Location
The glacier is centred at -62.50694°N, -59.66111°W (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009). Note: the United States Geological Survey has alternative coordinates of -62.5°N, -59.63333°W.
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