Gateway, The
The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being 200 km long and having a width of 40 km. It descends about 2,200 m from the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf and is bordered by the Commonwealth Range of the Queen Maud Mountains on the eastern side and the Queen Alexandra Range of the Central Transantarctic Mountains on the western.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Mountain saddle with an elevation of around 230 metres (740 feet)
- Description: mountain pass in Antarctica
- Also known as“Gateway”“The Gateway”
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Gateway, The
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-83.51667° or 83° 31′ south
Longitude
170.96667° or 170° 58′ east
Open location code
2V8GFXM8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gateway, The” goes by many names.
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