Nordenskjöld Glacier
Nordenskjöld Glacier is a large glacier in South Georgia. The glacier flows north and has its terminus at the head of Cumberland East Bay, on the north coast of the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Butterfly voyages, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 127 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Nordenskiold Glacier” and “Nordenskjold Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ellerbeck Peak.
Ellerbeck Peak
Peak
Ellerbeck Peak is a peak rising to 685 m on the south side of Sörling Valley, South Georgia. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1987 after Lieutenant Commander John A. Ellerbeck Peak is situated 3½ km east of Nordenskjöld Glacier.
Nordenskjöld Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
Discover Nordenskjöld Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Nordenskjöld Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nordenskjöld Glacier”
- Chinese: “努登舍爾德冰川”
- French: “Glacier Nordenskjold”
- French: “glacier Nordenskjöld”
- French: “Glacier Nordenskjöld”
- German: “Nordenskjold-Gletscher”
- German: “Nordenskjöld-Gletscher”
- Japanese: “ノルデンショルド氷河”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordenskiöldbreen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordenskjöldbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nordenskjöldbreen”
- Norwegian: “Nordenskjöldbreen”
- Spanish: “Glaciar de Nordenskjöld”
- Swedish: “Nordenskjöld Glacier”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Greene Peninsula and Discovery Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sörling Valley and Lönnberg Valley.
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