Giaever Glacier
Giaever Glacier is a glacier flowing northwest between Mount Kerckhove de Denterghem and Mount Lahaye in the Belgica Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under Gaston de Gerlache, who named it for Norwegian explorer John Schjelderup Giæver, counselor for the expedition, and leader of the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949–52.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,155 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Giaever” and “Giaever, Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Kerckhove de Denterghem and Mount Lahaye.
Mount Kerckhove de Denterghem
Peak
Mount Kerckhove de Denterghem is a mountain, 2,400 metres high, just north of Mount Collard in the Belgica Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Count Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem, a patron of the expedition.
Mount Lahaye
Peak
Mount Lahaye is a mountain, 2,475 metres high, on the north side of Giaever Glacier in the Belgica Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under Gaston de Gerlache, and named after Professor Edmond Lahaye, President of the Belgian National Committee for the International Geophysical Year, 1957–58.
Mount Collard
Peak
Mount Collard is a mountain rising to 2,350 metres, standing 3.5 nautical miles south of Mount Perov at the southern extremity of the Belgica Mountains.
Giaever Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Giaever Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Giaever Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Giaever”
- Chinese: “吉亞維爾冰川”
- German: “Giæver-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Giaever”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Giæverbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Giæverbreen”
- Norwegian: “Giæverbreen”
- Swedish: “Giaever Glacier”
- Swedish: “Giaever”
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