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Union Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Union Glacier is a large, heavily crevassed glacier in the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica, at 79 degrees 45 minutes south, 82 degrees 30 minutes west, which receives the flow of several tributaries and drains through the middle of the Heritage Range. It flows from the plateau at Edson Hills on the west side of the range, running east between Pioneer Heights and Enterprise Hills, and was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and Navy aerial photographs taken between 1961 and 1966. It is now the site of the Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway, Union Glacier Camp and Union Glacier Station. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Protected Status
International Treaty Protected Area 1
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Caused By

Glaciation, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Union Glacier

In Discipline

Glaciology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Union Glacier
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Found In

Antarctica

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Secretariat of the Antarctic TreatyArticle 2
Quote, Article 2
It designates Antarctica as a “natural reserve, devoted to peace and science” (Art. 2).
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Union Glacier (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Lead section
Union Glacier (79°45′S 082°30′W), 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.
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Wikidata: Union Glacier
Wikidata Q2494486, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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