Stenhouse Glacier
Stenhouse Glacier is a small glacier flowing into the head of Visca Anchorage immediately west of Stenhouse Bluff, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.Places of Interest
Highlights include Precious Peaks and Ullmann Spur.
Precious Peaks
Peak
Precious Peaks is a line of about three dark peaks at the northeast side of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Ullmann Spur
Peak
Ullmann Spur is a mountainous ridge, 275 m, situated centrally at the head of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Ullmann Spur is situated 2½ km southeast of Stenhouse Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Hamlet
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program. Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is situated 3 km south of Stenhouse Glacier.
Stenhouse Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 182 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.05939° or 62° 3′ 34″ south
Longitude
-58.38324° or 58° 22′ 60″ west
Elevation
182 metres (597 feet)
Open location code
3893WJR8+6P
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Stenhouse Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Stenhouse Glacier”
- Chinese: “斯滕豪斯冰川”
- German: “Stenhouse-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Stenhouse”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stenhousebreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stenhousebreen”
- Norwegian: “Stenhousebreen”
- Swedish: “Stenhouse Glacier (glaciär i Antarktis)”
- Swedish: “Stenhouse Glacier”
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