Buxton Glacier
Buxton Glacier is a glacier flowing northeast between Heaney Glacier and Cook Glacier, on the north coast of the island of South Georgia, immediately south of Mount Skittle.
- Glacier with an elevation of around 60 metres (180 feet)
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
Places of Interest Nearby
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Cook Glacier
Glacier
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Peak
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Buxton Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.46986° or 54° 28′ 12″ south
Longitude
-36.2265° or 36° 13′ 35″ west
Open location code
39Q5GQJF+3C
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural = glacier
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Buxton Glacier” goes by many names.
Localities in the Area
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