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.

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Mount Hope is a dome-shaped hill, rising to approximately 835 metres, situated at the foot of the Beardmore Glacier, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica at.

Latitude

-83.51667° or 83° 31′ south

Longitude

170.96667° or 170° 58′ east

Elevation

227 metres (745 feet)

Open location code

2V8GFXM8+8M

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OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

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