Mendeleyev Glacier Explained

Mendeleyev Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Queen Maud Land
Coordinates:-71.9167°N 47°W
Length:10nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Payer Mountains
Status:unknown

Mendeleyev Glacier (-71.9167°N 47°W) is a glacier, 10nmi long, draining northeast through the northern outcrops of the Payer Mountains, in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos and surveys by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–61, and named after Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, whose surname may also be transliterated as "Mendeleyev".

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