Touchdown Glacier
The Darwin Glacier is a large glacier in Antarctica. It flows from the polar plateau eastward between the Darwin Mountains and the Cook Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pleasant Plateau.
Pleasant Plateau
Locality
Pleasant Plateau is a small, somewhat isolated ice-free plateau located close west of Blank Peaks and Foggydog Glacier in the Brown Hills. Explored by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1962–63, who so named it because of the agreeable weather encountered there on each occasion the area was visited. Pleasant Plateau is situated 7 km northeast of Touchdown Glacier.
Touchdown Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 992 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-79.8° or 79° 48′ southLongitude
158.16667° or 158° 10′ eastElevation
992 metres (3,255 feet)Open location code
2RGW6528+2MGeoNames ID
6626888
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Satellite Map
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