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.Photo: BluesyPete, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cook Glacier and Nachtigal Peak.
Cook Glacier
Glacier
Cook Glacier is a glacier which flows in a north-northeasterly direction to Saint Andrews Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. It was named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations based at nearby Moltke Harbour in 1882–83, for Captain James Cook.
Nachtigal Peak
Peak
Nachtigal Peak is a rocky peak on a spur projecting northward from the southeast extremity of the Allardyce Range, South Georgia. It rises to 1,160 m at the west side of the head of Cook Glacier, 4 nautical miles east of Nordenskjold Peak.
Mount Burley
Peak
Mount Burley is a peak, 895 metres high, located 2 nautical miles southwest of Doris Bay, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Lieutenant Commander Malcolm K.
Buxton Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 56 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.46986° or 54° 28′ 12″ southLongitude
-36.2265° or 36° 13′ 35″ westElevation
56 metres (184 feet)Open location code
39Q5GQJF+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 983407788OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
Discover Buxton Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Buxton Glacier” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “巴克斯頓冰川”
- German: “Buxton-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Buxtonbreen”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Buxton”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Clark Point and Lonberg Valley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include King penguin and Mount MacArthur.
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