Priestley Glacier
The Priestley Glacier is a major valley glacier, about 96 km long, originating at the edge of the polar plateau of Victoria Land. The glacier drains southeast between the Deep Freeze and Eisenhower ranges to enter the northern end of the Nansen Ice Sheet.- Type: Glacier
- Category: glacier
- Location: Antarctica
Latitude -74.3333° or 74° 20' south | Longitude 163.3667° or 163° 22' east |
Elevation 32 metres (105 feet) | GeoNames ID 6623601 |
Also Known As
- Bulgarian: Пристли (ледник)
- Bulgarian: Пристли
- Cebuano: Priestley Glacier
- Chinese: 普里斯特利冰川
- Dutch: Priestley Glacier
- French: Glacier Priestley
- German: Priestley-Gletscher
- Italian: Priestley Glacier
- Italian: Priestley glacier
- Italian: ghiacciaio Priestley
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Priestleybreen
- Swedish: Priestley Glacier
- Ghiacciaio Priestley
In the Area
Landmarks
- Lowry BluffSlope, 4 km south
- Burrows, MountMountain, 9 km northeast
- Black RidgePeak, 10 km southeast
- Nash RidgePeak, 12 km northwest
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- Mushroom, Ghiacciaio22 km northwest
- Havelgletscher25 km northwest
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