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Wheeler Glacier

Wheeler Glacier is a 7.56 km² glacier in South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, in the Subantarctic (Atlantic) area of Subantarctic and Antarctic Islands. It is 6.3 km long, from 3 m to 1,051 m above sea level.

Inventory ID RGI2000-v7.0-G-19-00611, outline mapped in 2003. Source: Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0. More glaciers in Subantarctic and Antarctic Islands.

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Area
7.6 km²
Length
6.3 km
Highest point
1,051 m
Lowest point
3 m
Median elevation
527 m
Mean slope
16°
Glacier data: RGI 7.0 Consortium (2023), Randolph Glacier Inventory, Version 7.0, NSIDC, CC BY 4.0. Adoption is symbolic and gives no legal title to the ice.