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Alyabiev Glacier

Coordinates: 71°42′S 72°40′W / 71.700°S 72.667°W / -71.700; -72.667
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Alyabiev Glacier
Map showing the location of Alyabiev Glacier
Map showing the location of Alyabiev Glacier
Location of Alyabiev Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Alyabiev Glacier
Map showing the location of Alyabiev Glacier
Alyabiev Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationAlexander Island
Coordinates71°42′S 72°40′W / 71.700°S 72.667°W / -71.700; -72.667
TerminusBoccherini Inlet

Alyabiev Glacier (71°42′S 72°40′W / 71.700°S 72.667°W / -71.700; -72.667) is a glacier in Antarctica, flowing south from Gluck Peak into Boccherini Inlet and lies about 3 miles (5 km) West of Arensky Glacier on Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island, It was named by the USSR Academy of Sciences, in 1987, after Alexander Alyabiev (1787-1851), the Russian composer.[1]

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  1. ^ "Geographic Alyabiev Glacier Info". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2011.