Antarctica

Union Glacier

Union Glacier, is a large, heavily crevassed which receives the flow of several tributaries and drains through the middle of the , , .
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Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Union Glacier Camp.

Locality
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
The is the only private seasonally occupied camp site located in in . The camp is located in the , below the , on Union Glacier, that gives the camp its name.

Union Glacier

Latitude
-79.74894° or 79° 44′ 56″ south
Longitude
-82.49991° or 82° 29′ 60″ west
Elevation
700 metres (2,297 feet)
IATA airport code
UGL
Open location code
26GV7G22+C2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1582806372
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
6627236
Wiki­data ID
Q2494486
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Satellite Map

Discover Union Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Union Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Union Glacier”
  • Chinese: “尤尼昂冰川”
  • Chinese: “联合冰川”
  • Esperanto: “Glaĉero Unuiĝo”
  • French: “Glacier Union”
  • German: “Union-Gletscher”
  • Hebrew: “קרחון יוניון”
  • Italian: “Ghiacciaio Unione”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Unionbreen”
  • Polish: “Union Glacier”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar Union”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar Unión”
  • Swedish: “Union Glacier”
  • Ukrainian: “Льодовик Юніон”
  • Ukrainian: “Юніон”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Union Glacier”. Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.