Union Glacier facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Union Glacier
Location of Heritage Range in Western Antarctica.
Location in Antarctica
Location	Heritage Range
Coordinates	79°45′S 82°30′W / 79.750°S 82.500°W / -79.750; -82.500
Thickness	unknown
Status	unknown

Map of Union Glacier.

Union Glacier

Union Glacier (79°45′S 082°30′W / 79.750°S 82.500°W / -79.750; -82.500), is a large, heavily crevassed glacier which receives the flow of several tributaries and drains through the middle of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The glacier drains from the plateau at Edson Hills on the west side of the range and flows east between Pioneer Heights and Enterprise Hills. Union Glacier was mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1961–66. The name was applied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with the name Heritage Range.

The glacier is the site of Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway and Union Glacier Camp.

Maps

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In Spanish: Glaciar Unión para niños