Paget Glacier
Paget Glacier is a glacier in South Georgia, 4 miles long and 1 mile wide, which flows northeast from the north slopes of Mount Paget into the west side of Nordenskjold Glacier.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Paget and Sutton Crag.
Mount Paget
Peak
Photo: Butterfly austral, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Paget is a summit of Allardyce Range on the South Atlantic/Antarctic island of South Georgia. At 9,629 feet above the sea level, it is the highest peak on the island, and the highest peak in any territory under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom. Mount Paget is situated 4 km south of Paget Glacier.
Sutton Crag
Peak
Sutton Crag is a crag, 1,490 metres, standing north of and connected by a long ridge to the west peak of Mount Paget in the Allardyce Range of South Georgia.
Paget Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,057 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
Discover Paget Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Paget Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Paget Glacier”
- Chinese: “佩吉特冰川”
- German: “Paget-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pagetbreen”
- Swedish: “Paget Glacier”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Austin Head and Greene Peninsula.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Moraine Fjord and Henriksen Buttress.
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