Deildebreen
| Deildebreen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Well-being, massive | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 28 ′ S , 12 ° 50 ′ E | |
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The Deildebreen ( Norwegian for Grenzgletscher ) is a glacier in the Wohlthat massif of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It lies between the eastern Petermann chain and the Otto von Gruber mountains .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1967. The background to the name is a spirit from the Norwegian world of legends who illegally changes the division of property by laying boundary stones.
Web links
- Deildebreen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Deildebreen in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)