Chugunov Glacier is a 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...

 about 15 miles (24.1 km) long located just north of Astakhov Glacier

Astakhov Glacier

Astakhov Glacier is the glacier next south of Chugunov Glacier in the Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains. It flows northeast from Mount Hager and enters Ob' Bay just west of Platypus Ridge. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S...

 in the Bowers Mountains

Bowers Mountains

Bowers Mountains is a group of north-south trending mountains in Antarctica, about 145 km long and 56 km wide, bounded by the coast on the north and by the Rennick, Canham, Black and Lillie glaciers in other quadrants. The seaward end was first sighted in February 1911 from the Terra...

. It is one of several glaciers which drain the eastern slopes of the Explorers Range

Explorers Range

Explorers Range is a large mountain range in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica, extending from Mount Bruce in the north to Carryer and McLin Glaciers in the south...

 and flow to Ob' Bay

Ob' Bay

Ob' Bay is a bay lying between Lunik Point and Cape Williams. Lillie Glacier Tongue occupies the east part of the bay. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition and named after the expedition ship Ob' ....

. It was plotted from photographs taken by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition

Soviet Antarctic Expedition

The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR....

 in 1958, and named for N.A. Chugunov, a Soviet aerologist who died while taking part in this expedition.