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.Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Camp
- Description: Antarctic seasonal camp
- Also known as: “SCGC”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Union Glacier Airport.
Union Glacier Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway is the blue ice runway for Union Glacier Camp in Antarctica. It is located in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, on the glacier that gives it its name.
Union Glacier Camp
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Union Glacier Camp from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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