Sultan Glacier

Sultan Glacier is a flowing south-west into Table Bay, , in the of . It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after HMS Sultan, a shore-based Royal Navy engineering school which provided the refuge hut for the UK Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island, 1970-71.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Refuge Emílio Goeldi.

Shelter
is a Brazilian Antarctic summer facility named after the Swiss-Brazilian naturalist and zoologist Émil Goeldi. Built in 1988, the structure is located on , , . is situated 2½ km west of Sultan Glacier.

Sultan Glacier

Latitude
-61.14294° or 61° 8′ 35″ south
Longitude
-55.32976° or 55° 19′ 47″ west
Open location code
38C6VM4C+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6758482503
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q7636651
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Satellite Map

Discover Sultan Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sultan Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sultan Glacier”
  • Chinese: “薩爾坦冰川”
  • German: “Sultan-Gletscher”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sultanbreen”
  • Spanish: “Sultan, glaciar”
  • Swedish: “Sultan Glacier”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sultan and Hammer Hill.

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