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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 276 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Baudissin Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Matterhorn and Baudissin Glacier.
Little Matterhorn
Peak
Little Matterhorn is a rocky peak, 1,480 metres high, formed by a small volcanic cone 1.1 nautical miles north-northwest of Fremantle Peak, on the north flank of Big Ben, the dominating mountain on Heard Island.
Baudissin Glacier
Glacier
Baudissin Glacier is a tidewater glacier on the north side of Heard Island. in the southern Indian Ocean. Located 1 nautical mile west of Challenger Glacier, Baudissin Glacier is 1.5 nautical miles wide and flows into the western part of Corinthian Bay.
Schmidt Glacier
Glacier
Schmidt Glacier is a glacier, 0.7 nautical miles long, flowing west from Baudissin Glacier between Mount Drygalski and North West Cornice, on the west side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saddle Point and Cape Bidlingmaier.
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.
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.
Corinth Head
Locality
Corinth Head is a rocky headland 0.5 nautical miles southeast of Rogers Head, overlooking the west side of Corinthian Bay, on the north side of Heard Island.
Challenger Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-53.05478° or 53° 3′ 17″ southLongitude
73.48642° or 73° 29′ 11″ eastElevation
276 metres (906 feet)Open location code
3JRMWFWP+3HOpenStreetMap ID
way 272536843OpenStreetMap 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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