About 10 results for Laws Glacier
en.wikipedia.org › Laws_Glacier

Laws Glacier

Laws Glacier (60°38′S 45°38′W) is a confluent glacier system which flows into Marshall Bay on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It was surveyed in 1948–49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey...

Updated: July 3, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › List_of_glaciers_of_the_South_Orkney_Islands

List of glaciers of the South Orkney Islands

Following is a list of glaciers of the South Orkney Islands in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in the South Orkney Islands.

Updated: May 28, 2024
en.wikipedia.org › Lennox-King_Glacier

Lennox-King Glacier

Lennox-King Glacier is a large valley glacier, about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long that flows east into the Ross Ice Shelf.

Updated: October 5, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › Glacier

Glacier

A glacier (US: ; UK: or ) is a persistent body of natural ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It slowly flows...

Updated: October 26, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › List_of_glaciers_in_the_Antarctic:_I–Z

List of glaciers in the Antarctic: I–Z

This is a list of glaciers in the Antarctic with a name starting with the letters I–Z. This list does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow,...

Updated: June 15, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › Siachen_Glacier

Siachen Glacier

The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range of the Himalayas, in Indian-administered Ladakh. It is situated just northeast of the terminal point NJ9842 of the Line of Control between India and Pakistan, and to the south...

Updated: September 26, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › Glacier_National_Park_(U.S.)

Glacier National Park (U.S.)

Glacier National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border. The park encompasses more than 1 million acres (4,100 km2) and includes parts of two mountain ranges (sub-ranges of...

Updated: October 23, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › List_of_glaciers_of_the_Ross_Dependency

List of glaciers of the Ross Dependency

Following is a list of glaciers of the Ross Dependency in Antarctica. There are a great many glaciers in the Ross Dependency, not all of which have been named. This list may not reflects recent namings.

Updated: February 9, 2024
en.wikipedia.org › Thwaites_Glacier

Thwaites Glacier

Thwaites Glacier is an unusually broad and vast Antarctic glacier located east of Mount Murphy, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land. It was initially sighted by polar researchers in 1940, mapped in 1959–1966 and officially named in 1967, after...

Updated: August 24, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › Wave_Peak

Wave Peak

Wave Peak is a conspicuous peak, 960 metres (3,150 ft), which rises precipitously from the head of Laws Glacier in the central part of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The feature has a prominent ridge running in a southwesterly...

Updated: September 8, 2026