Quito Glacier

Quito Glacier
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Quito Glacier in Antarctica
Quito Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationGreenwich Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°27′00″S 59°47′00″W / 62.45000°S 59.78333°W / -62.45000; -59.78333
Thicknessunknown
TerminusCanto Point
Statusunknown

Quito Glacier (62°27′S 59°47′W / 62.450°S 59.783°W / -62.450; -59.783) 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

Maps

  • 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

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