Domeyko Glacier
Domeyko Glacier is a glacier flowing southeast into Mackellar Inlet, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after Ignacy Domeyko, a Polish-born explorer of the Andes and sometime Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, and Rector, of the University of Chile, Santiago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cockscomb Hill and Wegger Peak.
Cockscomb Hill
Peak
Cockscomb Hill is a conspicuous hill shaped like a cockscomb, 140 metres high, which rises through the glacier at the head of Mackellar Inlet in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Wegger Peak
Peak
Wegger Peak is a peak, 305 m, at the west side of the entrance to Mackellar Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name "Le Poing" was given to an elevation hereabout by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot in 1908–10. Wegger Peak is situated 3½ km south of Domeyko Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Hamlet
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program. Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is situated 5 km southeast of Domeyko Glacier.
Domeyko Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 183 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Domeyko Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Domeyko Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Domeyko Glacier”
- Chinese: “多梅伊科冰川”
- German: “Domeyko-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Domeyko”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Domeykobreen”
- Polish: “Lodowiec Domeyki”
- Swedish: “Domeyko Glacier”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Comandante Ferraz and Balduino Rambo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Table Hill and Three Musketeers Hill.
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