Compton Glacier
Compton Glacier is a glacier, 3 nautical miles long, flowing northeast from the lower slopes of the Big Ben massif to the northeast side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 192 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Morgan’s Iceberg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gilchrist Beach and Fairchild Beach.
Gilchrist Beach
Beach
Gilchrist Beach is a rocky beach, 1 nautical mile long, lying west of Compton Glacier on the north side of Heard Island. At its eastern edge, Gilchrist Beach communicates with the sandy Fairchild Beach.
Fairchild Beach
Beach
Fairchild Beach is a sandy beach, 0.32 nautical miles wide and 1 nautical mile long, which extends north from the base of Round Hill to the south side of the terminus of Compton Glacier, on the east side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.
Round Hill
Peak
Round Hill is an ice-free, rounded hill rising southward of Fairchild Beach and between Compton Glacier and Brown Glacier, on the northeast side of Heard Island. Round Hill is situated 3 km southeast of Compton Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Bidlingmaier and Saddle Point.
Cape Bidlingmaier
Locality
Cape Bidlingmaier is a rocky cape at the east side of the entrance to Mechanics Bay, on the north side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. The feature appears to have been known to American sealers as Morgan's Point, as shown by Captain H.C. Cape Bidlingmaier is situated 7 km northwest of Compton Glacier.
Saddle Point
Locality
Saddle Point is a rocky point separating Corinthian Bay and Mechanics Bay on the north coast of Heard Island in the Antarctic. The terminus of Challenger Glacier is located at the eastern side of Corinthian Bay, close west to Saddle Point. Saddle Point is situated 9 km northwest of Compton Glacier.
Compton Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Compton Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Compton Glacier”
- Chinese: “康普頓冰川”
- German: “Compton-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Comptonbreen”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Compton”
- Swedish: “Compton Glacier (glaciär i Heard- och McDonaldöarna)”
- Swedish: “Compton Glacier”
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