Poetry Glacier

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Poetry Glacier
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Poetry Glacier (Antarctica)
Location King George Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates 61°56′00″S57°48′00″W / 61.93333°S 57.80000°W / -61.93333; -57.80000
Thicknessunknown
TerminusVenus Bay
Statusunknown

Poetry Glacier is a glacier flowing north and northwest into the east side of Venus Bay, north King George Island. So named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1984 [in association with "Milosz Point."] Lodowiec Poezji is the translation of the English name.

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61°56′S57°48′W / 61.933°S 57.800°W / -61.933; -57.800