Sprocket Glacier
Sprocket Glacier is a glacier, 5 km long, flowing north from Skew Peak to abut against the ice of Mackay Glacier at the Chain Moraines, Victoria Land. The name alludes to the use of a bicycle as a practical means of transportation by a glacial mapping party led by Trevor Chinn, summer season 1992–93, and is part of a theme of cycling names in the area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Raney Peak and Skew Peak.
Raney Peak
Peak
Raney Peak is a symmetrical peak rising to 2,050 metres between Rim Glacier and Sprocket Glacier, Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2007 after Michele E.
Skew Peak
Peak
The Clare Range is the range extending west-southwest from Sperm Bluff to the Willett Range on the south side of Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is south of the Convoy Range and north of the Olympus Range. Skew Peak is situated 4 km southeast of Sprocket Glacier.
Sprocket Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,797 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—“Sprocket Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sprocket Glacier”
- Chinese: “斯普羅蒂特冰川”
- German: “Sprocket-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Sprocket”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sprocketbreen”
- Swedish: “Sprocket Glacier”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chain Moraines and Rim Glacier.
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