Quito Glacier | |
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Location of Quito Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Greenwich Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°27′00″S 59°47′00″W / 62.45000°S 59.78333°W |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Canto Point |
Status | unknown |
Quito Glacier (62°27′S 59°47′W / 62.450°S 59.783°W) 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.