Krak Glacier (62°6′S58°20′W / 62.100°S 58.333°W / -62.100; -58.333) is an outlet glacier of Kraków Dome at the head of Lussich Cove, Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after the legendary prince Krak, founder of Kraków and killer of the Wawel Dragon.[1]
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KrakGlacier (62°6′S 58°20′W / 62.100°S 58.333°W / -62.100; -58.333) is an outlet glacier of Kraków Dome at the head of Lussich Cove, Martel Inlet,...
Krak may refer to: another name for Krakus, a legendary Polish prince KrakGlacier, King George Island, off the coast of Antarctica, named after the former...
suggests a slope made dangerous with ice, hence the relationship with glacier. A glacis plate is the sloped front-most section of the hull of a tank...
verdenskrig (PDF; 1,96 MB). In Tidsskriftet Grønland 1/1983, pp. 30–46. Kraks Blå Bog (1910), p. 412; opslag: Steensby, Hans Peder Gudmund Hatt: "Professor...
The origin of the name is usually interpreted as a compound of "krk" or "krak", an Old Slavonic word for Krummholz (a reference to the local vegetation)...
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