Antarctica

Northeast Glacier

Northeast Glacier is a steep, heavily crevassed glacier, 13 nautical miles long and 5 nautical miles wide at its mouth, which flows from McLeod Hill westward and then south-westwards into between the Debenham Islands and , on the west coast of , Antarctica.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Stonington Island and Anemometer Hill.

Islet
Photo: Mark Sykes, CC BY 2.0.
is a rocky island lying 1.8 km northeast of in the eastern part of off the west coast of , .

Peak
is a hill 25 metres high northeast of on , in , . It was surveyed by the East Base party of the U.S.

Peak
is a hill 14 metres high about 100 meters from the western end of , , on the west side of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Base.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
on is the oldest American research station in , having been commissioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. The station was built as part of two US wintering expeditions – United States Antarctic Service Expedition and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition.

Northeast Glacier

Latitude
-68.16664° or 68° 9′ 60″ south
Longitude
-66.98809° or 66° 59′ 17″ west
Elevation
451 metres (1,480 feet)
Open location code
373MR2M6+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6579620137
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
6622400
Wiki­data ID
Q8964182
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Satellite Map

Discover Northeast Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Northeast Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Northeast Glacier”
  • Chinese: “東北冰川”
  • German: “Northeast-Gletscher”
  • Hebrew: “קרחון נורת‘-איסט”
  • Hebrew: “קרחון נורת’איסט”
  • Hebrew: “קרחון צפון-מזרח”
  • Italian: “Ghiacciaio Nord-est”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Northeastbreen”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar Northeast”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar Uspallata”
  • Spanish: “Nordeste, glaciar”
  • Swedish: “Northeast Glacier”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Base E and Red Rock Ridge.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dynamite Island and Bear Island.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Northeast Glacier”. Photo: Carloszelayeta, CC BY-SA 4.0.