Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway

Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway is the blue ice runway for in . It is located in the , , on the glacier that gives it its name.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: air strip in Antarctica
  • Also known as: SCGC” and “Union Glacier Airport

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Union Glacier Camp.

Locality
The is the only private seasonally occupied camp site located in in . The camp is located in the , below the , on , that gives the camp its name. is situated 9 km east of Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway.

Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway

Latitude
-79.76821° or 79° 46′ 6″ south
Longitude
-83.25423° or 83° 15′ 15″ west
Elevation
746 metres (2,448 feet)
Inception
November 2008
IATA airport code
UGL
ICAO airport code
SCGC
Open location code
26GR6PJW+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1042061771
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
12110491
Wiki­data ID
Q10860241
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Satellite Map

Discover Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From French to Tajik—“Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway” goes by many names.
  • French: Aéroport du Glacier Union
  • Indonesian: SCGC
  • Persian: باند پرواز اتحادیه کوه یخ بلو-آیس
  • Spanish: Aeródromo Glaciar Unión
  • Tajik: Банди Парвози Юнион Глашиер Блу-Айс
  • Tajik: Бонд парвоз иттиҳодейа кӯҳ ях блу-оис

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Highlights include Shopify Mountain and Union Glacier.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway”. Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.