Sphinx Glacier
Sphinx Glacier is a glacier in Antarctica and has an elevation of 57 metres. Sphinx Glacier is situated nearby to the locality Blaszczyk Moraine, as well as near Block Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sphinx Hill and Pawson Peak.
Sphinx Hill
Peak
Photo: Acaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sphinx Hill is a conspicuous, isolated black hill, 145 m, standing 1.5 nautical miles north-northwest of Demay Point on King George Island, South Shetland Islands.
Pawson Peak
Peak
Photo: Acaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pawson Peak is a solitary peak of irregular conical shape, rising to 250 m west-northwest of Sphinx Hill, Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Named in 1977 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Kenneth Pawson, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey meteorological observer, Port Lockroy, 1947–48; general assistant, Admiralty Bay, 1948–50.
Anvil Crag
Peak
Photo: Acaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Anvil Crag is a rock crag rising to 300 metres 1 nautical mile west-southwest of Sphinx Hill, King George Island. The vertical crag is at the head of a medial moraine.
Sphinx Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 57 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.18829° or 62° 11′ 18″ southLongitude
-58.45467° or 58° 27′ 17″ westElevation
57 metres (187 feet)Open location code
3893RG6W+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 775895953OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sphinx Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sphinx Glacier”
- German: “Sphinx-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Sphinx”
- Polish: “Lodowiec Sfinksa”
- Polish: “Sphinx Glacier”
- Swedish: “Sphinx Glacier”
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Localities in the Area
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