Union Glacier Camp
The Union Glacier Camp is the only private seasonally occupied camp site located in Ellsworth Land in Antarctica. The camp is located in the Heritage Range, below the Ellsworth Mountains, on Union Glacier, that gives the camp its name.- Camp
- …lies at an elevation of 700 metres (2,297 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code UGL
- …is also known as “SCGC”
- Description: Antarctic seasonal camp
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway.
Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway
Aerodrome
Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway is the blue ice runway for Union Glacier Camp in Antarctica.
Union Glacier Camp
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-79.76738° or 79° 46′ 3″ south
Longitude
-83.25646° or 83° 15′ 23″ west
Open location code
26GR6PMV+2C
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Union Glacier Camp” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مخيم يونيون غلاسير”
- Asturian: “Campamentu Glaciar Unión”
- Chinese: “聯盟冰川營地”
- Indonesian: “SCGC”
- Japanese: “ユニオン・グレーシャー・キャンプ”
- Latvian: “Jūnionglečera”
- Latvian: “Union Glacier Camp”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Union Glacier Camp”
- Spanish: “Campamento Glaciar Unión”
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