Assafiev Glacier
| Assafiev Glacier | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Walton Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 5 ′ S , 70 ° 45 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Schubert Inlet , Bellingshausen Lake | |
The Assafjew Glacier ( Russian Ледник Асафьева Lednik Assafjewa ) is a glacier on the Alexander I Island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows from the west side of the Walton Mountains in a north-westerly direction to Schubert Inlet .
The USSR Academy of Sciences named the glacier in 1987 after the Russian composer Boris Assafjew (1884–1949).
Web links
- Asafiev Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Asafiev Glacier on geographic.org (English)