Balakirev Glacier
Balakirev Glacier is an Antarctic glacier flowing northeast into Schubert Inlet from the south part of the Walton Mountains, Alexander Island. It was named by the USSR Academy of Sciences, in 1987, after Mily Balakirev, the Russian composer.- Glacier with an elevation of around 970 metres (3,170 feet)
- …is also known as “Balakireva, lednik”
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-71.41667° or 71° 25′ south
Longitude
-70.16667° or 70° 10′ west
Open location code
27WFHRMM+88
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Balakirev Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Balakirev Glacier”
- Chinese: “巴拉基雷夫冰川”
- French: “Glacier Balakirev”
- Fulah: “Balakirev Glacier”
- German: “Balakirew-Gletscher”
- Hebrew: “קרחון באלאקירב”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Balakirev”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balakirevbreen”
- Swedish: “Balakirev Glacier (glaciär i Antarktis, lat -71,42, long -70,17)”
- Swedish: “Balakirev Glacier”
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