Avsyuk Glacier

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Avsyuk Glacier (67°7′S 67°15′WCoordinates: 67°7′S 67°15′W) is a glacier on Arrowsmith Peninsula, Graham Land, flowing northwest to Shumskiy Cove. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Gregori A. Avsyuk, Russian glaciologist; specialist on the glaciers of central Asia.

This article incorporates text from Avsyuk Glacier, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.