Suvorov Glacier
| Suvorov Glacier | ||
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 Topographic map of the Suvorov Glacier (below) |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wilson Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 8 kilometers | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Somow lake | |
The Suvorov Glacier is a glacier about 8 km in length in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows from the Wilson Hills eastwards to the Oates Coast , where it flows into the Somow Sea between Northrup Head and Belousov Point .
Participants in the Second Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956-1958) mapped the area in 1958 and named the glacier after the mechanic VS Suworow, a mechanic who was killed in a plane crash in the Arctic on August 10, 1959, together with the hydrograph AI Gaudis was.
Web links
- Suvorov Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Suvorov Glacier on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1528 (English).