Asimutbreen
| Asimutbreen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 23 ′ S , 13 ° 42 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Wangengeim Glacier | |
The Asimutbreen (Norwegian for Azimut glacier ) is a small and steep glacier in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It flows first southeast, then northeast between Solhøgdene and Skuggekammen in the eastern Otto von Gruber Mountains to the Wangengeim Glacier .
It was discovered and mapped using aerial photographs by participants in the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . A new mapping based on further aerial photographs and measurements as well as the naming took place during the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-1960).
Web links
- Asimutbreen Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Asimutbreen Glacier on geographic.org (English)