Las Palmas Glacier
Las Palmas Glacier is a glacier flowing west-northwest from Hurd Dome and terminating at Las Palmas Cove, South Bay, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The name was given by the Spanish Antarctic Expedition, about 1991, after the ship Las Palmas of the Spanish Antarctic campaigns since 1988.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 184 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Las Palmas, Lóbulo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castellvi Peak and Queen Sofia Mount.
Castellvi Peak
Peak
Photo: Polarguide, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castellvi Peak is a peak rising to 350 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island. Situated 800 m northeast of MacGregor Peaks and 1.4 km southwest of Dorotea Peak.
Queen Sofia Mount
Peak
Mount Reina Sofía is the mostly ice-free peak rising to 275 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting Johnsons Glacier to the east and northeast, and the Spanish Antarctic base Juan Carlos Primero to the north-northwest.
Castro Peak
Peak
Photo: Polarguide, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castro Peak is a peak rising to 306 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica. Situated 750 m south-southwest of MacGregor Peaks and 1.87 km northeast of Binn Peak.
Las Palmas Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Las Palmas Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Las Palmas Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Las Palmas Glacier”
- Chinese: “拉斯帕爾馬斯冰川”
- German: “Las-Palmas-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Las Palmasbreen”
- Swedish: “Las Palmas Glacier”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ficheto Point and Doctor Guillermo Mann.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Las Palmas Cove and Henry Bluff.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Las Palmas Glacier”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.