Nimrod Glacier

Satellite image of the Nimrod Glacier flowing round the Kon-Tiki Nunatak.
Coordinates82°21′S 163°00′E / 82.350°S 163.000°E / -82.350; 163.000 (Nimrod Glacier)
Length135 kilometres (84 mi)
TerminusRoss Ice Shelf

The Nimrod Glacier (82°21′S 163°00′E / 82.350°S 163.000°E / -82.350; 163.000 (Nimrod Glacier)) is a major glacier about 85 nautical miles (157 km; 98 mi) long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.

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