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.- Glacier with an elevation of around 350 metres (1,130 feet)
- …is also known as “Asaf’eva, lednik”
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-71.08333° or 71° 5′ south
Longitude
-70.75° or 70° 45′ west
Open location code
27WFW782+M2
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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”
- Fulah: “Asafiev Glacier”
- German: “Assafjew-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Asafiev”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Asafievbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asafievbreen”
- Swedish: “Asafiev Glacier”
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