Goossensbreen
| Goossensbreen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| length | 7 km | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 24 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Goossensbreen is a 7 km long glacier in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the north-central part of the Sør Rondane mountains, it is located on the north side of the Brattnipane .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1988. It is likely to be named after Léon Goossens, photographer during the reconnaissance flights on a Belgian Antarctic expedition that ran from 1959 to 1961.
Web links
- Goossensbreen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Goossensbreen 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. 645 (English).