Mushketov Glacier (Antarctica)

Mushketov Glacier
Mushketov Glacier
	Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
	Location of Mushketov Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Queen Maud Land
Coordinates	71°20′S 14°55′E / 71.333°S 14.917°E
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Lomonosov Mountains
Status	unknown

Mushketov Glacier (71°20′S 14°55′E / 71.333°S 14.917°E / -71.333; 14.917) is a large glacier trending northeastward, draining the area between the Wohlthat Mountains on the west and the Weyprecht, Payer and Lomonosov Mountains on the east, in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59, and named after Ivan V. Mushketov (1850–1902), Russian geologist and geographer.

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