Antarctica

Alt Glacier

Rennick Glacier is a broad glacier, nearly 200 nautical miles long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica. It rises on the polar plateau westward of and is 20 to 30 nautical miles wide, narrowing to 10 nautical miles near the coast.
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Alt Glacier

Latitude
-71.10817° or 71° 6′ 29″ south
Longitude
162.50453° or 162° 30′ 16″ east
Elevation
457 metres (1,499 feet)
Open location code
2VW4VGR3+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1017837933
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
6631159
Wiki­data ID
Q4735925
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Satellite Map

Discover Alt Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Alt Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Alt Glacier”
  • Chinese: “阿爾特冰川”
  • French: “glacier Alt”
  • French: “Glacier Alt”
  • German: “Alt-Gletscher”
  • Italian: “Ghiacciaio Alt”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Altbreen”
  • Swedish: “Alt Glacier”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Alt Glacier”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.