Hiawatha Glacier

Hiawatha Glacier is a glacier in northwest , with its terminus in . It was mapped in 1922 by Lauge Koch, who noted that the glacier tongue extended into Lake Alida.
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  • Type: Glacier with an elevation of 226 metres
  • Description: glacier in Greenland
  • Also known as: Hiawatha Brae

Hiawatha Glacier

Latitude
78.82833° or 78° 49′ 42″ north
Longitude
-67.04389° or 67° 2′ 38″ west
Elevation
226 metres (741 feet)
Open location code
C7CJRXH4+8C
Geo­Names ID
3831396
Wiki­data ID
Q24842587
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Satellite Map

Discover Hiawatha Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Hiawatha Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Hiawatha-gletser
  • Arabic: مثلجة هياواثا
  • Cebuano: Hiawatha Gletscher
  • Chinese: 海华沙冰川
  • Danish: Hiawatha-gletsjeren
  • French: glacier Hiawatha
  • French: Glacier Hiawatha
  • German: Hiawatha Gletsjer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hiawatha-gletsjeren
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hiawatha-isbreen
  • Russian: Гайавата (ледник)
  • Russian: Гайавата
  • Swedish: Hiawatha Gletscher
  • Swedish: Hiawatha-glaciären
  • Ukrainian: Кратер Хіавата

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