Arenski glacier
| Arenski glacier | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 39 ′ S , 72 ° 15 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Boccherini Inlet , Lake Bellingshausen | |
The Arensky Glacier ( Russian Ледник Аренского Lednik Arenskogo ) is a glacier on the Alexander I Island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows south from the Beethoven Peninsula to the north end of Boccherini Inlet .
The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union named it in 1987 after the Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861–1906).
Web links
- Arensky Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Arensky Glacier on geographic.org (English)