Wheeler Glacier

Glacier in Antarctica

54°36′S 36°22′W / 54.600°S 36.367°W / -54.600; -36.367Length2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)ThicknessunknownTerminusRoyal BayStatusunknown Map

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Wheeler Glacier (54°36′S 36°22′W / 54.600°S 36.367°W / -54.600; -36.367) is a glacier draining the north flank of Mount Fraser, flowing west-northwest for 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for J.F.G. Wheeler, British zoologist and member of the scientific staff of the Discovery Investigations Marine Station, Grytviken, South Georgia, 1925–27 and 1929–30.^[1]

See also

List of glaciers in the Antarctic
Glaciology

References

^ "Wheeler Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

This article incorporates public domain material from "Wheeler Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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