Antarctica

Scott Glacier

The Scott Glacier is a major glacier, 120 nautical miles long, that drains the East Antarctic Ice Sheet through the to the .
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  • Type: Glacier with an elevation of 697 metres
  • Description: glacier of the Amundsen Coast in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Robert Scott Glacier”

Scott Glacier

Latitude
-86° or 86° south
Longitude
-150° or 150° west
Elevation
697 metres (2,287 feet)
Open location code
236G2222+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11370382367
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
6624928
Wiki­data ID
Q3108313
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Satellite Map

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

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Scott Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Скот (ледник)”
  • Bulgarian: “Скот”
  • Cebuano: “Scott Glacier”
  • Chinese: “斯科特冰川”
  • Esperanto: “Glaĉero Scott”
  • French: “glacier Scott”
  • French: “Glacier Scott”
  • German: “Scott-Gletscher”
  • Hebrew: “קרחון סקוט”
  • Italian: “Ghiacciaio Scott”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Scottbreen i Dei transantarktiske fjella”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Scottbreen”
  • Polish: “Lodowiec Scotta”
  • Romanian: “Ghețarul Robert Scott”
  • Swedish: “Scott Glacier”
  • Ukrainian: “Льодовик Роберта Скотта”
  • Ukrainian: “Льодовик Скотта”

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