# Turner Glacier > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Turner_Glacier > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Turner_Glacier.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Glacier > Source revision: 1338950997 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Glacier in Antarctica Turner Glacier Location of Adelaide Island in the Antarctic Peninsula Turner Glacier Location within Antarctica Location Adelaide Island Coordinates 67°37′S 68°29′W / 67.617°S 68.483°W / -67.617; -68.483 Thickness unknown Terminus Ryder Bay Status unknown **Turner Glacier** ([67°37′S 68°29′W / 67.617°S 68.483°W / -67.617; -68.483](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Turner_Glacier¶ms=67_37_S_68_29_W_)) is a [glacier](/source/Glacier) on the east side of [Mount Liotard](/source/Mount_Liotard) flowing northeast into [Ryder Bay](/source/Ryder_Bay), [Adelaide Island](/source/Adelaide_Island). The glacier was surveyed by [Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey](/source/Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey) (FIDS), 1948, and photographed from the air by [Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition](/source/Falkland_Islands_and_Dependencies_Aerial_Survey_Expedition) (FIDASE), 1956–57. Named by the [United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/United_Kingdom_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee) (UK-APC) in 1977 after [Andrew John Turner](/source/Andrew_John_Turner), [British Antarctic Survey](/source/British_Antarctic_Survey) (BAS) builder, [Halley Station](/source/Halley_Station), 1973–74; [Signy Island](/source/Signy_Island), 1974–75; [Rothera Station](/source/Rothera_Station), 1976–77, 1978–80; and [Faraday Station](/source/Faraday_Station), 1982–83. It should not be confused with the Turner Glacier on [Baffin Island](/source/Baffin_Island) in [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada, adjoining [Mount Asgard](/source/Mount_Asgard). ## See also - [List of glaciers in the Antarctic](/source/List_of_glaciers_in_the_Antarctic) - [Glaciology](/source/Glaciology) This article incorporates [public domain material](https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits) from ["Turner Glacier"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:15660). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey). [Portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals): - [Geography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Geography) v t e Adelaide Island Stations and bases Rothera Research Station Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base Hills, peaks, and nunatuks Mount Barre Mount Bodys Mount Bouvier Bond Nunatak Dewar Nunatak Mount Ditte Mount Gaudry Hunt Peak Lincoln Nunatak Mount Liotard Mount Machatschek Mount Mangin Mount Reeves Sighing Peak Stokes Peaks Mount Velain Visser Hill Glaciers Horton Glacier Hurley Glacier Shambles Glacier Sheldon Glacier Sloman Glacier Turner Glacier Other inland features Back Cirque Blümcke Knoll Buchia Buttress Fletcher Bluff McCallum Pass Milestone Bluff Reptile Ridge Stork Ridge Window Buttress Wright Peninsula Coastal features Adelaide Anchorage Fuchs Ice Piedmont Hanusse Bay Laubeuf Fjord Marguerite Bay Ryder Bay Stonehouse Bay Wormald Ice Piedmont Off-shore Islands Amiot Islands Anchorage Island Avian Island Brockhamp Islands Chatos Islands Cono Island Dion Islands Embassy Islands Esplin Islands Ginger Islands Guébriant Islands Henkes Islands Jenny Island Killingbeck Island Kirsty Island Koechlin Island Lagoon Island Léonie Island Léonie Islands Limpet Island Mikkelsen Islands Rigsby Islands Rocca Islands Sillard Islands Solitario Island Sorge Island Steinemann Island Ward Islands Webb Island Reefs and banks Box Reef Consul Reef Cox Reef Cumbers Reef Ives Bank Jennings Reef Lord Bank Regent Reef Rocks Cavalier Rock Cenobite Rocks Envoy Rock Fitton Rock Fullastern Rock Glover Rocks Hibbert Rock Launch Rock League Rock Mission Rock Nueva Rock Outlaw Rock Patience Rocks Skeen Rocks Sorpresa Rock Straits Barlas Channel Buchanan Passage Cole Channel Crosse Passage Elliott Passage The Gullet Johnston Passage Matha Strait Quest Channel Tickle Channel Woodfield Channel v t e Glaciers in the Antarctic Alphabetic List of glaciers in the Antarctic: A–H List of glaciers in the Antarctic: I–Z By territory Adélie Land Bouvet Island Coats Land Ellsworth Land Enderby Land Graham Land Heard Island and McDonald Islands James Ross Island and Graham Land Kaiser Wilhelm II Land Kemp Land Mac. Robertson Land Marie Byrd Land Oates Land Palmer Archipelago and Graham Land Palmer Land Princess Elizabeth Land Queen Elizabeth Land Queen Mary Land Queen Maud Land Ross Dependency South Georgia South Shetland Islands South Orkney Islands Trinity Peninsula and Graham Land Victoria Land Wilkes Land Miscellaneous List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands List of Antarctic ice rises List of Antarctic ice shelves List of Antarctic ice streams List of glaciers List of subantarctic glaciers v t e West Antarctica Areas Antarctic Peninsula Graham Land Palmer Land Ellsworth Land English Coast Bryan Coast Eights Coast King Edward VII Land Shirase Coast Marie Byrd Land Walgreen Coast Bakutis Coast Hobbs Coast Ruppert Coast Saunders Coast Queen Elizabeth Land Major ice shelves Abbot Ice Shelf Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf Getz Ice Shelf Larsen Ice Shelf Ross Ice Shelf Sulzberger Ice Shelf Seas and major islands Amundsen Sea Dean Island Grant Island Siple Island Bellingshausen Sea Adelaide Island Alexander Island Latady Island Rothschild Island Sherman Island Smyley Island Spaatz Island Thurston Island Ross Sea Ross Island Scotia Sea Southern Ocean Anvers Island Brabant Island Charcot Island Coronation Island D'Urville Island Elephant Island Joinville Island King George Island Livingston Island Renaud Island Weddell Sea James Ross Island Hearst Island This Adelaide Island location article is a stub. 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