Parishskaya Kommuna Glacier

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Parishskaya Kommuna Glacier
location Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Petermann chains in the Wohlthatmassiv
length 13 km
Coordinates 71 ° 38 ′  S , 12 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 71 ° 38 ′  S , 12 ° 4 ′  E
Parishskaya Kommuna Glacier (Antarctica)
Parishskaya Kommuna Glacier

The Parishskaya Kommuna Glacier ( Russian Ледник Парижская коммуна Lednik Parischskaja kommuna ) is a 13 km long glacier in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Petermann range of the Wohlthat massif, it flows in a north-westerly direction between the Zwieselberg and the Gråkammen .

The glacier was discovered and first mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Further mapping was carried out using aerial photographs and survey data from the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). This was repeated by participants in the Soviet Antarctic expedition, which lasted from 1960 to 1961, and named the glacier after the Paris Commune .

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