Rachmaninoff Glacier
| Rachmaninoff Glacier | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 30 ′ S , 72 ° 35 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Britten Inlet | |
The Rachmaninoff Glacier ( Russian Ледник Рахманинова Lednik Rachmaninowa ) is a glacier on the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . On the Monteverdi Peninsula, it flows south to Britten Inlet .
The USSR Academy of Sciences named it in 1987 after the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943).
Web links
- Rachmaninoff Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rachmaninoff Glacier on geographic.org (English)