Austre Orvinbreen
| Austre Orvinbreen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Orvinfjella | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 54 ′ S , 7 ° 59 ′ E | |
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The Austre Orvinbreen ( Norwegian for Eastern Orvingletscher ) is an ice stream in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It flows from the Orvinfjella through the Hellehallet on the east side of the Sigurdsvodene .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 2016 based on the name of the Orvinfjella. It is named after the geologist Anders Kristian Orvin (1889–1980), head of the institute from 1957 to 1960.
Web links
- Austre Orvinbreen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Austre Orvinbreen in the Norwegian Polar Institute directory