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Mushketov Glacier (Antarctica)

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Mushketov Glacier (71°20′S 14°55′E) 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.

Map of Mushketov Glacier, Antarctica

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

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