Orwell Glacier
Orwell Glacier is a small glacier, less than 0.5 nautical miles long, which descends steeply from the south slopes of Snow Hills and terminates in 20 m ice cliffs along the south margin of Elephant Flats in the east part of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands.Places of Interest
Highlights include Jane Peak and McLeod Glacier.
Jane Peak
Peak
Jane Peak is a conspicuous nunatak, 210 metres high, standing 0.5 nautical miles west of the northern part of Borge Bay on Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands.
McLeod Glacier
Glacier
McLeod Glacier is a glacier 1 nautical mile long, flowing in a southeasterly direction into Clowes Bay on the south side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica.
Snow Hills
Peak
Snow Hills are two snow-covered hills, one 240 m, the other 265 m and 0.25 nautical miles to the west. Located 0.2 nautical miles west of Cemetery Bay in the east-central part of Signy Island.
Orwell Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 20 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Orwell Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Orwell Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Orwell Glacier”
- Chinese: “奧韋爾冰川”
- German: “Orwell-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Orwellbreen”
- Swedish: “Orwell Glacier”
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