Forster Ice Piedmont
Forster Ice Piedmont is an ice piedmont lying landward of the Wordie Ice Shelf, along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is formed by the confluence of Airy, Seller, Fleming and Prospect Glaciers and is about 25 miles long from north to south and 12 miles wide.- Water
- …lies at an elevation of 271 metres (889 feet)
- Description: ice piedmont along the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
Forster Ice Piedmont
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-69.366° or 69° 21′ 58″ south
Longitude
-66.95° or 66° 57′ west
Open location code
372MJ2MX+JX
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Forster Ice Piedmont” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “福斯特山麓冰川”
- German: “Forster-Piedmont-Gletscher”
- Hebrew: “הדום הקרח פורסטר”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Forster randis”
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