Mackay Glacier
Mackay Glacier is a large glacier in Victoria Land, descending eastward from the Antarctic Plateau, between the Convoy Range and Clare Range, into the southern part of Granite Harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kar Plateau.
Kar Plateau
Locality
Granite Harbour is a bay in the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about 14 nautical miles long, entered between Cape Archer and Cape Roberts. It was discovered and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901–04 in the Discovery in January 1902, while searching for safe winter quarters for the ship. Kar Plateau is situated 9 km northeast of Mackay Glacier.
Mackay Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 309 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Mackay Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mackay Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mackay Glacier”
- Chinese: “麥基冰川”
- Czech: “Mackayův ledovec”
- Dutch: “Mackay Glacier”
- French: “glacier Mackay”
- French: “Glacier Mackay”
- German: “Mackay-Gletscher”
- Hebrew: “קרחון מקאיי”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio di Mackay”
- Italian: “ghiacciaio Mackay”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Mackay”
- Italian: “Mackay glacier”
- Italian: “Mackay Glacier”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mackaybreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mackaybreen”
- Norwegian: “Mackaybreen”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar Mackay”
- Swedish: “Mackay Glacier”
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Notable Places Nearby
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