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Nipe Glacier

Coordinates: 71°52′S 25°15′E / 71.867°S 25.250°E / -71.867; 25.250
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Nipe Glacier
Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Nipe Glacier
Map showing the location of Nipe Glacier
Location of Nipe Glacier in Antarctica
LocationQueen Maud Land
Coordinates71°52′S 25°15′E / 71.867°S 25.250°E / -71.867; 25.250
Thicknessunknown
TerminusSør Rondane Mountains
Statusunknown

Nipe Glacier (71°52′S 25°15′E / 71.867°S 25.250°E / -71.867; 25.250) is a broad glacier between Austkampane Hills and Menipa Peak in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named Nipebreen (the mountain peak glacier).

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