Kupriyanov Glacier
| Kupriyanov Glacier | ||
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| location | Queen Marie Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 36 ′ S , 93 ° 20 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Mawson Lake | |
The Kurpijanow Glacier ( Russian Ледник Куприянова Lednik Kuprijanowa ) is a glacier on the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Marie Land . It flows into the Mawson Sea between the Ob 'Passage and Wright Bay .
Russian scientists named him. Probable namesake is Iwan Kuprijanow, an officer of the expedition ship Mirny in the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819-1821) under the direction of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen .
Web links
- Kuprijanova, lednik in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)