Asafiev Glacier
Asafiev Glacier is a glacier that flows north-west into Schubert Inlet from the western side of the Walton Mountains, Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was named by the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1987 after Boris Asafiev, the Russian composer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 345 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Asaf’eva, lednik”
Asafiev Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Asafiev Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Asafiev Glacier”
- Chinese: “阿薩菲耶夫冰川”
- German: “Assafjew-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Asafiev”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Asafievbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asafievbreen”
- Swedish: “Asafiev Glacier”
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