Dokuchayev Glacier

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Dokuchayev Glacier
location Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Alexander von Humboldt Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv
Coordinates 71 ° 37 ′  S , 11 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 71 ° 37 ′  S , 11 ° 42 ′  E
Dokuchayev Glacier (Antarctica)
Dokuchayev Glacier

The Dokuchayev Glacier ( Russian Ледник Докучаева Lednik Dokutschajewa ; Norwegian Dokučaevbreen ) is a 12 km long glacier in the Wohlthat massif of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located in the northern section of the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains .

Russian scientists named it after the geologist, mineralogist and geographer Wassili Wassiljewitsch Dokuchajew (1846-1903).

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Individual evidence

  1. Редакция | Объекты, названные в честь В.В. Докучаева | Журнал «География» № 9/2007. Retrieved June 28, 2019