Il Polo Glacier

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Il Polo Glacier (69°50′S 74°54′ECoordinates: 69°50′S 74°54′E) is a small glacier draining northward between Polar Times Glacier and Polarforschung Glacier into Publications Ice Shelf. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Roscoe for Il Polo, a polar journal published by the Istituto Geografico, Forlì, Italy.

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