| 词条 | Pourquoi Pas Glacier |
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| child = | name = Pourquoi Pas Glacier | other_name = | photo = Antarctica Map.png | photo_width = 250px | photo_alt = | photo_caption = Map of Antarctica, with Wilkes Land slightly to the right | map = Antarctica | map_width = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Pourquoi Pas Glacier in Antarctica | mark = Blue_pog.svg | type = | location = Wilkes Land | coordinates = {{coord|66|15|00|S|135|55|00|E|region:AQ|format=dms|display=inline}} | coords_ref = | area = | length = {{convert|15|nmi|}} | width = {{convert|4|nmi|}} | thickness = unknown | elevation_max = | elevation_min = | terminus = Pourquoi Pas Point | status = unknown | embedded = }} Pourquoi Pas Glacier ({{coord|66|15|S|135|55|E|display=inline,title}}) is a glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, flowing north-northwest from the continental ice and terminating in a prominent tongue 9 nautical miles (17 km) west-northwest of Pourquoi Pas Point. Delineated by French cartographers from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. Named in 1952 by the French Antarctic Sub-committee after the Pourquoi-Pas?, polar ship of the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10, later used by Charcot in expeditions to Greenland. Pourquoi Pas Glacier Tongue ({{coord|66|10|S|136|0|E||}}) is a prominent glacier tongue 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, extending seaward from Pourquoi Pas Glacier. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named for the French polar ship Pourquoi-Pas?. See also
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1 : Glaciers of Wilkes Land |
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