Glacier · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Lyell Glacier

1,389 m4,557 ft

Area: 22.20 km²
Tonight: -10°CSnow · Wind 21 km/h SW

Lyell Glacier in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom covers 22.2 km² and spans 0–1,389 m above sea level.

All facts

Highest point: 1,389 m

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Glacier

Lyell Glacier: size and slope

Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.

Vertical range: 1,389 m
Mean slope: 11°
Faces: northeastmostly in sun

3D map

Lyell Glacier 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 11.3 × 11.3 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lyell Glacier terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lyell Glacier elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lyell Glacier weather

Tonight · Snow · -10°C (14°F) · 2.7 mm · Wind 21 km/h SW

Lyell Glacier forecast for about 1,389 m.

Tonight-10°2.7 mm21 km/h SW
Today-17°-10°1.3 mm18 km/h SW
Sun-18°-7°0.3 mm31 km/h SW
Mon-10°-5°32.6 mm27 km/h SW
Tue-12°-9°2.4 mm13 km/h SW
Wed-10°-6°2.3 mm9 km/h SW
Thu-7°-4°0.1 mm13 km/h SW
Fri-3°1°5.9 mm14 km/h SW
Sat-8°-6°5.4 mm40 km/h SW
Sun-6°-4°5.9 mm15 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 11.3 × 11.3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

48.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

21.7%

Steep, 30–45°

19.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

10.7%

Steeper than 30°: 29.8% of the 128 km² view
Relief in view: 2,107 m low point -2 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 55.3%Bare rock / sparse 29.6%Water 11.0%Grassland 2.8%Moss & lichen 1.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.6 km; 20 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

South Georgia Pipit3
Antarctic Fur Seal2
Blinks2
Bulbous adder's-tongue2
Gentoo Penguin1
Northern Giant Petrel1

Where it sits

Where Lyell Glacier sits

Downloads

Lyell Glacier downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGLyell Glacier satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2024-03-05.

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GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-03-05)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia