Simonovbreen

Simonovbreen
	Norwegian map of Peter I Øy with the (here orthographically correct) Zavadovskijbreen (bottom left)
location	Peter I Island , Antarctica
length	7 km
Coordinates	68 ° 47 ′ 18 ″ S , 90 ° 34 ′ 30 ″ W Coordinates: 68 ° 47 ′ 18 ″ S , 90 ° 34 ′ 30 ″ W.
drainage	Bellingshausen lake

The Simonovbreen ( Norwegian ) is a 7 km long glacier in the northeast of the West Antarctic Peter I Island . It lies between the Ranvika in the south and the Kvalvika in the north. It separates the Mirny coast from the Von Bellingshausen coast .

Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named him after Iwan Michailowitsch Simonow (1794–1855), astronomer on the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819–1821) under the direction of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , the discoverer of Peter I Island.

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