Arensky Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica
71°39′S 72°15′W / 71.650°S 72.250°W / -71.650; -72.250
Arensky Glacier (71°39′S 72°15′W / 71.650°S 72.250°W / -71.650; -72.250) is an Antarctic glacier, lying 3 miles (5 km) east of Alyabiev Glacier and flows south from Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island, into the north end of Boccherini Inlet. The glacier was named by the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1987, after Anton Arensky, the Russian composer.
See also
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
References
This article incorporates public domain material from "Arensky Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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