Ruecroft Glacier

Ruecroft Glacier is a named after George Ruecroft, United States Geological Survey cartographic technician in Special Maps Branch, about 1960–84, a specialist in Antarctic mapping. This article incorporates public domain material from…
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Holmes Block.

Peak
is a blocklike bluff, rising to 1,855 metres at the west side of Ruecroft Glacier, 2 nautical miles west of Cooke Bluff, in , Antarctica.

Ruecroft Glacier

Latitude
-78.21667° or 78° 13′ south
Longitude
161.66667° or 161° 40′ east
Elevation
1,387 metres (4,551 feet)
Open location code
2VH3QMM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
6628804
Wiki­data ID
Q7377796
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ruecroft Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Ruecroft Glacier
  • German: Ruecroft-Gletscher
  • Italian: Ghiacciaio Ruecroft
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ruecroftbreen
  • Swedish: Ruecroft Glacier

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Highlights include Crary Knoll and Rampart Ridge.

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Ruecroft Glacier”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.