Sigynbreen
| Sigynbreen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Orvinfjella | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 52 ′ S , 8 ° 36 ′ E | |
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The Sigynbreen is a wide glacier in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Orvinfjella it flows between the Drygalskibergen and the Kurzegebirge in a northerly direction.
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). It is named after Sigyn , a goddess from Norse mythology .
Web links
- Sigyn Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sigyn Glacier on geographic.org (English)