Orestes Glacier

Orestes Glacier is a glacier in and has an elevation of 1,114 metres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cerberus, Mount and Orestes, Mount.

Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of , Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between and on the north and on the south.

Peak
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The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of , Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between and on the north and on the south. is situated 2½ km southeast of Orestes Glacier.

Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of , Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between and on the north and on the south. is situated 3 km southeast of Orestes Glacier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jones Terrace and Prospect Mesa.

Locality
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of , Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between and on the north and on the south. is situated 7 km southeast of Orestes Glacier.

Locality
is a low mesa in , in eastern . It lies below on the north side of . The name designates that it is part of the regional geological Prospect Formation. is situated 8 km south of Orestes Glacier.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
was an research base in the western highlands of the Ross Dependency, specifically on the shore of , at the mouth of , in the . is situated 9 km southwest of Orestes Glacier.

Orestes Glacier

Latitude
-77.45° or 77° 27′ south
Longitude
161.88333° or 161° 53′ east
Elevation
1,114 metres (3,655 feet)
Open location code
2VJ3GVXM+X8
Geo­Names ID
6628784
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Satellite Map

Discover Orestes Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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