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Drygalski Glacier (Tanzania)

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Type
  
Mountain glacier

Status
  
Extinct

Terminus
  
Barren rock

Drygalski Glacier (Tanzania)

Location
  
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Drygalski Glacier was on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, on the northwest slope of the peak. The glacier terminus once extended to an elevation of 4,800 metres (15,700 ft) with an origination point near the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and was fed by the Northern Ice Field. The Great Penck Glacier once flanked Drygalski Glacier to the south and until recently, the Credner Glacier did as well to the north. Drygalski Glacier is named for German geographer Erich von Drygalski.

References

Drygalski Glacier (Tanzania) Wikipedia