Mercury Glacier
Mercury Glacier is a glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica, 5 nautical miles long and 2 nautical miles wide, flowing east into George VI Sound between the Waitabit Cliffs and Keystone Cliffs.- Glacier with an elevation of around 220 metres (730 feet)
- Description: glacier on Alexander Island, Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-71.533° or 71° 31′ 59″ south
Longitude
-68.266° or 68° 15′ 58″ west
Open location code
27WHFP8M+QH
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mercury Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mercury Glacier”
- Chinese: “水星冰川”
- German: “Merkur-Gletscher”
- Hebrew: “קרחון כוכב חמה”
- Hebrew: “קרחון מרקורי”
- Hebrew: “קרחון מרקיורי”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Mercurio (Isola Alessandro I)”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Mercurio”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mercurybreen”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Mercury”
- Swedish: “Mercury Glacier (glaciär i Antarktis, lat -71,53, long -68,27)”
- Swedish: “Mercury Glacier”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Waitabit Cliffs and Keystone Cliffs.
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