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Glacier in Antarctica

Oberst Glacier
Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
Location of Oberst Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Queen Maud Land
Coordinates	72°3′S 27°4′E / 72.050°S 27.067°E / -72.050; 27.067
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Sør Rondane Mountains
Status	unknown

Oberst Glacier (72°3′S 27°4′E / 72.050°S 27.067°E / -72.050; 27.067) is a glacier draining the west side of Balchen Mountain in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named Oberstbreen (the colonel glacier) because of its association with Balchen Mountain. Bernt Balchen, a famous Norwegian polar aviator, achieved the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II.

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Miscellaneous	List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands List of Antarctic ice rises List of Antarctic ice shelves List of Antarctic ice streams List of glaciers List of subantarctic glaciers

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