Anuchin Glacier

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Anuchin Glacier
Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Anuchin Glacier
Map showing the location of Anuchin Glacier
Location of Anuchin Glacier in Antarctica
LocationQueen Maud Land
Coordinates71°17′S 13°31′E / 71.283°S 13.517°E / -71.283; 13.517
Thicknessunknown
TerminusLake Untersee
Statusunknown

Anuchin Glacier (71°17′S 13°31′E / 71.283°S 13.517°E / -71.283; 13.517) is a glacier draining southward to Lake Unter-See in the northern part of the Gruber Mountains, Queen Maud Land. It was discovered, and plotted from air photos, by the Third German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39. It was mapped from air photos and from surveys by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60, and remapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–61, and named after Dmitry Nikolayevich Anuchin, Soviet geographer.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Anuchin Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.