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".