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.

Quito Glacier
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Quito Glacier
Map showing the location of Quito Glacier
Location of Quito Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Quito Glacier
Map showing the location of Quito Glacier
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
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

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Maps

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  • 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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