Downes Glacier

Downes Glacier
Location of Heard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe
Map showing the location of Downes Glacier
Map showing the location of Downes Glacier
Downes Glacier
Typetidewater
LocationHeard Island
Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Australia
Coordinates53°2′S 73°31′E / 53.033°S 73.517°E / -53.033; 73.517
Thicknessapproximately 55 meters
TerminusMechanics Bay, between Saddle Point and Cape Bidlingmaier
StatusRetreating[1][2][3][4][5]
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Downes Glacier (53°2′S 73°31′E / 53.033°S 73.517°E / -53.033; 73.517) is a broad tidewater glacier on the north side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. It flows north on both sides of Cape Bidlingmaier to the north coast of Heard Island.[6][7] To the east of Downes Glacier is Ealey Glacier, whose terminus is located close southeast of Cape Bidlingmaier. To the west of Downes Glacier is Challenger Glacier, whose terminus is located at the eastern side of Corinthian Bay, close west to Saddle Point. Saddle Point separates Downes Glacier from Challenger Glacier.

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