Contell Glacier

1

Contell Glacier is 1.2 nmi long and 0.4 nmi wide glacier on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica bounded by Atlantic Club Ridge to the northwest, Krum Rock to the north, Balkan Snowfield to the northeast, and Charrúa Ridge and Charrúa Gap to the south. It is crescent-shaped, running northwestwards in its upper course, then between Charrúa Ridge and Krum Rock turning west-southwestwards to flow into South Bay north of Johnsons Dock. The feature was first named on a 1988 Spanish chart as Glaciar Contell.

Location

The midpoint of the glacier is located at -62.65111°N, -60.35°W (Detailed Spanish mapping in 1991, and Bulgarian mapping in 1996, 2005 and 2009).

Maps

This article is derived from Wikipedia and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original article.

Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Bliptext is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation.

View original