Quito Glacier
Quito Glacier | |
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Location of Quito Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Greenwich Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°27′00″S 59°47′00″W / 62.45000°S 59.78333°W |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Canto Point |
Status | unknown |
Quito Glacier (62°27′S 59°47′W / 62.450°S 59.783°W) is a glacier draining the northeast slopes of Mount Plymouth and flowing northeastwards into the sea west of Canto Point in north Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. It was named after the capital of Ecuador, c. 1990, by the Ecuadorian Antarctic Expedition.
See also
[edit]Maps
[edit]- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
References
[edit]- This article incorporates public domain material from "Quito Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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