Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...

, Utstikkar Glacier () is a broad

glacier A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...

flowing north from the vicinity of Moyes Peak and terminating in Utstikkar Glacier Tongue between

Utstikkar Bay In Antarctica, Utstikkar Bay is a bay 4 miles (6 km) wide, indenting the coast immediately east of Utstikkar Glacier. It was first mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition Lars is a comm ...

to the east and Allison Bay to the west. The glacier was mapped and named Utstikkarbreen (the out-jutting glacier) by Norwegian cartographers working from aerial photographs taken by the

Lars Christensen Expedition Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel", and is therefore related to the name ...

in January–February 1937. United States Government website, ''Gazetteer No. 14: Geographic Names of Antarctica'', page 312 (1956)
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* Glaciers of Mac. Robertson Land {{Antarctica-glacier-stub

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