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Transition Glacier (70°26′S 68°49′W / 70.433°S 68.817°W) is a glacier extending along the east coast of Alexander Island, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, which flows east into the George VI Ice Shelf that occupies George VI Sound along the north side of Block Mountain and Tilt Rock. The glacier was first photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, and so named by them because this glacier marks the transition between igneous rocks to the north and sedimentary rocks to the south.

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  • Der Transition Glacier (englisch für Überganggletscher) ist ein 13 km langer und 3 km breiter Gletscher an der Ostküste der Alexander-I.-Insel westlich der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Er fließt entlang der Nordflanke des Block Mountain und des Tilt Rock in östlicher Richtung zum George-VI-Sund. Luftaufnahmen, die der US-amerikanische Polarforscher Lincoln Ellsworth bei seinem Antarktisflug am 23. November 1935 angefertigt hatte, dienten dem US-amerikanischen Kartografen W. L. G. Joerg für eine Kartierung. Der Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey nahm 1949 eine Vermessung vor und benannte den Gletscher. Namensgebend ist der Umstand, dass der Gletscher den Übergang vom nördlichen Eruptiv- zum südlichen Sedimentgestein markiert. (de)
  • Transition Glacier (70°26′S 68°49′W / 70.433°S 68.817°W) is a glacier extending along the east coast of Alexander Island, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, which flows east into the George VI Ice Shelf that occupies George VI Sound along the north side of Block Mountain and Tilt Rock. The glacier was first photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, and so named by them because this glacier marks the transition between igneous rocks to the north and sedimentary rocks to the south. (en)
  • Il ghiacciaio Transition è ghiacciaio lungo circa 15 km e largo 3,7, situato sull'isola Alessandro I, al largo della costa della Terra di Palmer, in Antartide. Il ghiacciaio si trova sulla costa nord-orientale dell'isola, dove fluisce verso est, a partire dal versante orientale delle e scorrendo all'interno di una valle il cui fianco meridionale è composto dal versante nord del , fino ad andare ad alimentare la piattaforma glaciale Giorgio VI, sita sull'omonimo canale. (it)
  • Transition Glacier är en glaciär i Antarktis. Den ligger i Västantarktis. Argentina, Chile och Storbritannien gör anspråk på området. Transition Glacier ligger 496 meter över havet. Terrängen runt Transition Glacier är kuperad åt nordost, men åt sydväst är den bergig. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Block Mountain, 1 460 meter över havet, 3,9 kilometer sydost om Transition Glacier. Trakten är obefolkad. Det finns inga samhällen i närheten. (sv)
  • 特蘭齊申冰川(英語:Transition Glacier)是南極洲的冰川,位於亞歷山大一世島東岸,長15公里、寬3.7公里,最終注入喬治六世冰架,在1935年11月23日由美國探險家拍攝空中照片。 (zh)
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  • Transition Glacier (70°26′S 68°49′W / 70.433°S 68.817°W) is a glacier extending along the east coast of Alexander Island, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, which flows east into the George VI Ice Shelf that occupies George VI Sound along the north side of Block Mountain and Tilt Rock. The glacier was first photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, and so named by them because this glacier marks the transition between igneous rocks to the north and sedimentary rocks to the south. (en)
  • Il ghiacciaio Transition è ghiacciaio lungo circa 15 km e largo 3,7, situato sull'isola Alessandro I, al largo della costa della Terra di Palmer, in Antartide. Il ghiacciaio si trova sulla costa nord-orientale dell'isola, dove fluisce verso est, a partire dal versante orientale delle e scorrendo all'interno di una valle il cui fianco meridionale è composto dal versante nord del , fino ad andare ad alimentare la piattaforma glaciale Giorgio VI, sita sull'omonimo canale. (it)
  • Transition Glacier är en glaciär i Antarktis. Den ligger i Västantarktis. Argentina, Chile och Storbritannien gör anspråk på området. Transition Glacier ligger 496 meter över havet. Terrängen runt Transition Glacier är kuperad åt nordost, men åt sydväst är den bergig. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Block Mountain, 1 460 meter över havet, 3,9 kilometer sydost om Transition Glacier. Trakten är obefolkad. Det finns inga samhällen i närheten. (sv)
  • 特蘭齊申冰川(英語:Transition Glacier)是南極洲的冰川,位於亞歷山大一世島東岸,長15公里、寬3.7公里,最終注入喬治六世冰架,在1935年11月23日由美國探險家拍攝空中照片。 (zh)
  • Der Transition Glacier (englisch für Überganggletscher) ist ein 13 km langer und 3 km breiter Gletscher an der Ostküste der Alexander-I.-Insel westlich der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Er fließt entlang der Nordflanke des Block Mountain und des Tilt Rock in östlicher Richtung zum George-VI-Sund. (de)
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  • Transition Glacier (de)
  • Ghiacciaio Transition (it)
  • Transition Glacier (en)
  • Transition Glacier (sv)
  • 特蘭齊申冰川 (zh)
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