Fuerza Aérea Glacier
Fuerza Aérea Glacier is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, extending 4.5 kilometres in a northeast–southwest direction and 2 kilometres in a southeast–northwest direction and draining the northwest slopes of the Breznik Heights to flow northwestwards into Discovery Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 208 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Fuerza Aerea Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Poisson Hill and Breznik Heights.
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.
Breznik Heights
Peak
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Breznik Heights rises to over 600 m in the southeast part of Greenwich Island in Antarctica. They extend 12 km between Santa Cruz Point in the northeast and the base of the moraine spit of Provadiya Hook at the mouth of Yankee Harbour in the southwest. Breznik Heights is situated 4 km south of Fuerza Aérea Glacier.
Fuerza Aérea Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fuerza Aérea Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fuerza Aérea Glacier”
- Chinese: “空軍冰川”
- German: “Fuerza-Aérea-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Fuerza Aérea”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fuerza Aéreabreen”
- Spanish: “Fuerza Aérea, Glaciar”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Fuerza Aerea”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Fuerza Aérea”
- Swedish: “Fuerza Aérea Glacier”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ficheto Point and Eco Nelson.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include López Nunatak and Mancilla Point.
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