Aviator Glacier

The Aviator Glacier is a major valley glacier in Antarctica that is over 60 nautical miles long and 5 nautical miles wide, descending generally southward from the plateau of along the west side of , and entering between and where it forms a floating tongue.
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Aviator Glacier

Latitude
-73.83333° or 73° 50′ south
Longitude
165.05° or 165° 3′ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
2VR75382+M2
Geo­Names ID
6635485
Wiki­data ID
Q4828736
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Satellite Map

Discover Aviator Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Ukrainian—“Aviator Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: Aviator-Gletscha
  • Bulgarian: Авиатор (ледник)
  • Bulgarian: Авиатор
  • Cebuano: Aviator Glacier
  • Chinese: 飛行員冰川
  • French: glacier Aviator
  • French: Glacier Aviator
  • German: Aviator-Gletscher
  • Hebrew: קרחון אביאיטור
  • Hebrew: קרחון אביאייטור
  • Hebrew: קרחון אוויאיטור
  • Hebrew: קרחון אוויאייטור
  • Hebrew: קרחון הטייס
  • Italian: Ghiacciaio Aviator
  • Japanese: エイビエイター氷河
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Aviatorbreen
  • Polish: Aviator Glacier
  • Spanish: Glaciar Aviator
  • Swedish: Aviator Glacier
  • Ukrainian: Авіатор

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Aviator Glacier”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.