Dokuchayev Glacier
Dokuchayev Glacier | ||
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location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Alexander von Humboldt Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
Coordinates | 71 ° 37 ′ S , 11 ° 42 ′ E | |
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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).
Web links
- Dokuchaeva, lednik in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Редакция | Объекты, названные в честь В.В. Докучаева | Журнал «География» № 9/2007. Retrieved June 28, 2019