Recovery Glacier

The Recovery Glacier is a glacier, at least 60 nautical miles long and 40 nautical miles wide at its mouth, flowing west along the southern side of the in Antarctica.
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Recovery Glacier

Latitude
-81.166° or 81° 9′ 58″ south
Longitude
-25.5° or 25° 30′ west
Elevation
1,064 metres (3,491 feet)
Open location code
29CPRGM2+J2
Geo­Names ID
6623957
Wiki­data ID
Q15242351
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Satellite Map

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

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Recovery Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Рековери”
  • Cebuano: “Recovery Glacier”
  • Chinese: “里卡弗里冰川”
  • German: “Recovery-Gletscher”
  • Hindi: “रिकवरी हिमानी”
  • Italian: “Ghiacciaio Recovery”
  • Japanese: “リカバリー氷河”
  • Latvian: “Rikoveri glečers”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Recoverybreen”
  • Swedish: “Recovery Glacier”

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