Balakirev Glacier
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Balakirev Glacier is an Antarctic
glacier
flowing northeast into Schubert Inlet
from the south part of the Walton Mountains
, Alexander Island
. It was named by the USSR Academy of Sciences, in 1987, after Mily Balakirev
, the Russian composer.
Antarctic
The Antarctic is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence...
glacier
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
flowing northeast into Schubert Inlet
Schubert Inlet
Schubert Inlet is an ice-filled inlet, 14 nautical miles long and 5 nautical miles wide, indenting the west coast of Alexander Island between the Colbert and Walton Mountains. Mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands...
from the south part of the Walton Mountains
Walton Mountains
Walton Mountains is an isolated chain of three predominantly snow-covered mountain masses, rising to 1, 450 m at Mount McArthur, extending south from Schubert Inlet for 25 miles in Alexander Island. First seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935, and roughly mapped from photos...
, Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
. It was named by the USSR Academy of Sciences, in 1987, after Mily Balakirev
Mily Balakirev
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev ,Russia was still using old style dates in the 19th century, and information sources used in the article sometimes report dates as old style rather than new style. Dates in the article are taken verbatim from the source and therefore are in the same style as the source...
, the Russian composer.