Contell Glacier

Contell Glacier
Location of Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Contell Glacier
Map showing the location of Contell Glacier
Location of Contell Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Contell Glacier
Map showing the location of Contell Glacier
Contell Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationLivingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°39′04″S 60°21′00″W / 62.65111°S 60.35000°W / -62.65111; -60.35000
Length1.2 nautical miles (2.2 km; 1.4 mi)
Width0.4 nautical miles (0.74 km; 0.46 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusSouth Bay
Statusunknown
Topographic map of central-eastern Livingston Island featuring Contell Glacier.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island.

Contell Glacier is 1.2 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) long and 0.4 nautical miles (0.74 km; 0.46 mi) 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.


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