Mulebreen
| Mulebreen | ||
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| location | Kempland , East Antarctica | |
| width | Max. 10 km | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 28 ′ S , 59 ° 21 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Stefansson Bay , Southern Ocean | |
The Mulebreen (Norwegian for mouth glacier , in Australia Dovers glacier ) is a 10 km wide glacier in the East Antarctic Kempland . It flows in a west-northwest direction into the southeast section of Stefansson Bay .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it using aerial photos taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia adopted an alternative name on November 28, 1955, the background of which is not known.
Web links
- Mulebreen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mulebreen on geographic.org (English)