Tumble Glacier
Tumble Glacier is a glacier extending along the east side of Alexander Island, Antarctica, 7 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, which flows east from the cliffs of Mount Egbert, Mount Ethelwulf and Mount Ethelred of the Douglas Range into the west side of the George VI Ice Shelf that occupies George VI Sound immediately south of Mount King.Tumble Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 523 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-69.96505° or 69° 57′ 54″ south
Longitude
-69.38905° or 69° 23′ 21″ west
Elevation
523 metres (1,716 feet)
Open location code
372G2JM6+X9
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tumble Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tumble Glacier”
- Chinese: “坦布爾冰川”
- German: “Tumble-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Tumble”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tumblebreen”
- Swedish: “Tumble Glacier”
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Highlights: King, Mount and Douglas Range.
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