Velasco Glacier
Velasco Glacier is a glacier about 5 nautical miles long flowing west from Walgreen Coast toward the Backer Islands. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Miguel G.- Glacier with an elevation of around 160 metres (530 feet)
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-74.26667° or 74° 16′ south
Longitude
-101.18333° or 101° 11′ west
Open location code
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Velasco Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Velasco Glacier”
- Chinese: “韋拉斯科冰川”
- German: “Velasco-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Velasco”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Velascobreen”
- Swedish: “Velasco Glacier”
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