Ruecroft Glacier
Ruecroft Glacier is a glacier 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…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holmes Block.
Holmes Block
Peak
Holmes Block is a blocklike bluff, rising to 1,855 metres at the west side of Ruecroft Glacier, 2 nautical miles west of Cooke Bluff, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Ruecroft Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,387 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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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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