Gowan Glacier
Gowan Glacier is a glacier about 15 nautical miles long in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica, flowing north from the vicinity of Cunningham Peak in the Founders Escarpment to enter Minnesota Glacier just east of Welcome Nunatak.Gowan Glacier
- Glacier with an elevation of 1,362 metres (4,469 feet)
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-79.11667° or 79° 7′ south
Longitude
-85.65° or 85° 39′ west
Open location code
26GPV8MX+8X
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gowan Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gowan Glacier”
- Chinese: “戈萬冰川”
- Fulah: “Gowan Glacier”
- German: “Gowan Glacier”
- German: “Gowan-Gletscher”
- Hebrew: “קרחון גואואן”
- Hebrew: “קרחון גוואן”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Gowan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gowanbreen”
- Swedish: “Gowan Glacier”
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