Furness Glacier
Furness Glacier is a small glacier flowing between Cape Belsham and Point Wild to the north coast of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. It was charted and named by the Ernest Shackleton Endurance expedition 1914–16.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Gnomon Island.
Gnomon Island
Islet
Gnomon Island is a small rocky island lying just north of Point Wild, on Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted by Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition, 1914–1916, and so named by them because when viewed from Point Wild the shape of the feature is suggestive of a gnomon, the elevated arm of a sundial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wild, Point.
Wild, Point
Locality
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Point Wild is a point 11 km west of Cape Valentine, 2 km east of Saddleback Point, and directly adjacent to the Furness Glacier on the north coast of Elephant Island.
Furness Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 146 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Furness Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Furness Glacier”
- Chinese: “弗內斯冰川”
- German: “Furness-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Furnessbreen”
- Spanish: “Furness, Glaciar”
- Swedish: “Furness Glacier”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nelson Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Houlder Bluff and Belsham, Cape.
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