Thwaites Glacier
Thwaites Glacier is an unusually broad and vast Antarctic glacier located east of Mount Murphy, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land. It was initially sighted by polar researchers in 1940, mapped in 1959–1966 and officially named in 1967, after the late American glaciologist Fredrik T.
NASA, Public domain.- Glacier with an elevation of around 300 metres (980 feet)
- …is also known as “Doomsday Glacier”
- Description: Antarctic glacier
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
This page is based on…
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
-75.5° or 75° 30′ south
Longitude
-106.75° or 106° 45′ west
Open location code
25PMG722+22
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Vietnamese—“Thwaites Glacier” goes by many names.
ТуейтсBulgarian
Туейтс (ледник)Bulgarian
Glacera de ThwaiteCatalan
Glacera de ThwaitesCatalan
Thwaites GlacierCebuano
思韋茨冰川Chinese
DommedagsgletsjerenDanish
Thwaites GletsjerDanish
Thwaites IsshelfDanish
ThwaitesgletsjerDutch
Glaĉero ThwaitesEsperanto
Thwaitesin jäätikköFinnish
קרחון תוויטסHebrew
थ़्वेट्स हिमानीHindi
Thwaites-gleccserHungarian
Gletser ThwaitesIndonesian
Ghiacciaio ThwaitesItalian
スウェイツ氷河Japanese
스웨이츠 빙하Korean
Tveitsa ledājsLatvian
Твејтсов ЛедникMacedonian
ThwaitesbreenNorwegian
ThwaitesbreenNorwegian Bokmål
ThwaitesbreenNorwegian Nynorsk
Lodowiec ThwaitesPolish
Lodowiec ThwaitesaPolish
Lodowiec ZagładyPolish
ледник ТуэйтесаRussian
Ледник ТуэйтсаRussian
ТуэйтесRussian
ТуэйтсRussian
ledenik ThwaitesSlovenian
Thwaites GlacierSwedish
ThwaitesglaciärenSwedish
ธารน้ำแข็งทเวตส์Thai
Льодовик ТвейтсаUkrainian
Sông băng ThwaitesVietnamese
Curious Glaciers to Discover
Uncover intriguing glaciers from every corner of the globe.
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”
Antarctica: Highlights
Learn more about Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.
