Vinjebreen
| Vinjebreen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Orvinfjella | |
| length | 30 km | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 55 ′ S , 8 ° 0 ′ E | |
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The Vinjebreen is a sweeping and around 30 km long glacier in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Orvinfjella it flows between the Filchner Mountains and the Fenriskjeften in a north-westerly 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 Torgny Vinje (1929–2005), who was involved in this research trip as a meteorologist from 1956 to 1958.
Web links
- Vinje Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vinje Glacier on geographic.org (English)