Hurd Ice Cap
Hurd Ice Cap is the ice cap covering the central area of southern Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It extends 4.5 km in northeast-southwest direction and 3.7 km in northwest-southeast direction, and drains both into South Bay to the northwest and into False Bay to the southeast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 375 metres
- Description: ice cap in the South Shetland Islands
- Also known as: “Glaciar Hurd”, “Hurd Dome”, and “Hurd, Glaciar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pirámide Peak and Moores Peak.
Pirámide Peak
Peak
Pirámide Peak is a sharp rocky peak rising to 366 m at the southeast edge of Hurd Ice Cap on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting False Bay to the southeast.
Moores Peak
Peak
Moores Peak is the prominent rocky peak rising to 407 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting False Bay to the southeast.
Mirador Hill
Peak
Mirador Hill is the rocky hill rising to 307 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting Johnsons Glacier to the north-northwest and False Bay to the southeast.
Hurd Ice Cap
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Hurd Ice Cap from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hurd Ice Cap” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hurd”
- Chinese: “赫德冰帽”
- German: “Glaciar Hurd”
- German: “Hurd Dome”
- German: “Hurd Ice Cap”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hurd Ice Cap”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Hurd”
- Swedish: “Hurd Ice Cap”
- Swedish: “Hurd”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ficheto Point and Doctor Guillermo Mann.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hurd Peninsula and Queen Sofia Mount.
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