Arensky Glacier

Arensky Glacier
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Location	Alexander Island
Coordinates	71°39′S 72°15′W / 71.650°S 72.250°W / -71.650; -72.250
Length	3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Boccherini Inlet
Status	unknown

Arensky Glacier (71°39′S 72°15′W / 71.650°S 72.250°W / -71.650; -72.250Coordinates: 71°39′S 72°15′W / 71.650°S 72.250°W / -71.650; -72.250) is an Antarctic glacier, lying 3 miles (5 km) east of Alyabiev Glacier and flows south from Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island, into the north end of Boccherini Inlet. The glacier was named by the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1987, after Anton Arensky, the Russian composer.

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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Arensky Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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Volcanic relations

Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glacifluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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Glaciers in the Antarctic

Glaciers of Palmer Land

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Alexander Island

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