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Glacier in Antarctica

Torii Glacier
Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
Location of Torii Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Queen Maud Land
Coordinates	71°19′S 35°38′E / 71.317°S 35.633°E / -71.317; 35.633
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Queen Fabiola Mountains
Status	unknown

Torii Glacier (71°19′S 35°38′E / 71.317°S 35.633°E / -71.317; 35.633) is a glacier flowing northwest between Mount Goossens and Mount Fukushima in the Queen Fabiola Mountains. Discovered on October 7, 1960, by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, under Guido Derom, who named it after Tetsuya Torii, geochemist; leader of the Japanese party that visited this area in November 1960.

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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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