❄️ Rachel Glacier

Antarctica · Antarctica · 65.62°S, 62.17°W

Rachel Glacier is a glacier on the east coast of Graham Land, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, flowing east between Krupen Ridge and Padesh Ridge to enter Exasperation Inlet southwest of Mihaylovski Crag. The name, applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), is taken from Herman Melville's Moby Dick, the Rachel being a ship from Nantucket which met the Pequod and brought news of a lost whaleboat.

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Quick facts

Country	Antarctica
Continent / region	Antarctica
Coordinates (approx.)	65.62°S, 62.17°W · view on map

Rachel Glacier is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

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