Anuchin Glacier

Anuchin Glacier
Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
Location of Anuchin Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Queen Maud Land
Coordinates	71°17′S 13°31′E / 71.283°S 13.517°E / -71.283; 13.517
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Lake Untersee
Status	unknown

Anuchin Glacier (71°17′S 13°31′E / 71.283°S 13.517°E / -71.283; 13.517Coordinates: 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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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Anuchin Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Glaciers in the Antarctic

Glaciers of Queen Maud Land

Crevasse fields

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