Asimutbreen Glacier (71°23′S 13°42′E / 71.383°S 13.700°E / -71.383; 13.700) is a small, steep tributary glacier to Vangengeym Glacier, descending southeast and then northeast between Solhogdene Heights and Skuggekammen Ridge, in the eastern Gruber Mountains of the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land. It was discovered and plotted from air photos by the Third German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39, replotted from air photos and from surveys by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60, and named Asimutbreen (the azimuth glacier).[1]

Asimutbreen Glacier
Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Asimutbreen Glacier
Map showing the location of Asimutbreen Glacier
Location of Asimutbreen Glacier in Antarctica
Typesteep tributary
LocationQueen Maud Land
Coordinates71°23′S 13°42′E / 71.383°S 13.700°E / -71.383; 13.700
Thicknessunknown
TerminusVangengeym Glacier
Statusunknown

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