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Glacier in Antarctica

Balakirev Glacier
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Location	Alexander Island
Coordinates	71°25′S 70°01′W / 71.417°S 70.017°W / -71.417; -70.017
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Schubert Inlet
Status	unknown

Balakirev Glacier (71°25′S 70°01′W / 71.417°S 70.017°W / -71.417; -70.017) 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.

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This article incorporates public domain material from "Balakirev Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Nunatak P-form Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Suncup Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glaciofluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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