Challenger Glacier
Challenger Glacier is a tidewater glacier on the north side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Located 1 nautical mile east of Baudissin Glacier, Challenger Glacier is 0.8 nautical miles wide and flows into the eastern side of Corinthian Bay, close west to Saddle Point.- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 276 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Baudissin Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Little Matterhorn and Baudissin Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saddle Point and Cape Bidlingmaier.
Challenger Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-53.05478° or 53° 3′ 17″ south
Longitude
73.48642° or 73° 29′ 11″ east
Elevation
276 metres (906 feet)
Open location code
3JRMWFWP+3H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Challenger Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Challenger Glacier”
- Chinese: “挑戰者冰川”
- German: “Challenger-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Challengerbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Challengerbreen”
- Norwegian: “Challengerbreen”
- Swedish: “Challenger Glacier”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: The Nullarbor and Erratic Point.
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Highlights: Mary Powell Glacier and Nares Glacier.
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