Jorquera Glacier
Jorquera Glacier is a glacier on Greenwich Island which flows west into Discovery Bay south of Ash Point. Charted by the Complex Antarctic Expedition of the USSR Academy of Science in 1965 and probably named for Captain P. Jorquera G.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Poisson Hill.
Poisson Hill
Peak
Poisson Hill is a rounded ice-free hill rising to 80 m at the north extremity of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting the Chilean Antarctic base Arturo Prat to the west-southwest.
Jorquera Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 145 metres
- Description: Glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Jorquera Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Jorquera Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jorquera Glacier”
- German: “Jorquera-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Jorquera”
- Swedish: “Jorquera Glacier”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ficheto Point and Eco Nelson.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rojas Cove and Captain Arturo Prat base.
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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 “Jorquera Glacier”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.