Giotbreen
| Giotbreen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| length | 8 kilometers | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 19 ′ 30 ″ S , 26 ° 45 ′ 30 ″ E | |
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The Giotbreen is an 8 km long glacier in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Sør Rondane mountains it flows between the Kampesteinen and the Kjelbotnnuten .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1973. It is named after Jacques Giot, who was in charge of the sled dogs on the Belgian Antarctic expedition, which was carried out from 1957 to 1958, under the direction of Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery .
Web links
- Giotbreen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Giotbreen in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 630 (English).