Nordenskjöld Glacier

For the glacier in Spitsbergen, see Nordenskiöldbreen. For the glacier in Melville Bay, see Nordenskiold Glacier, Northwest Greenland. For the glacier near Disko Bay, see Nordenskiold Glacier, West Greenland. For the glacier in East Greenland, see Akuliarutsip Sermerssua. For the glacier in Russia, see Nordenskiöld Glacier (Novaya Zemlya).
Nordenskjold Glacier

View of the glacier terminus at Cumberland Bay.
Location in South Georgia

Location in South Georgia

Location South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Coordinates 54°22′S 36°22′W / 54.367°S 36.367°W / -54.367; -36.367Coordinates: 54°22′S 36°22′W / 54.367°S 36.367°W / -54.367; -36.367
Terminus Cumberland East Bay, Southern Ocean

Nordenskjold Glacier is a large glacier in South Georgia.

The glacier flows north and has its terminus at the head of Cumberland East Bay, on the north coast of the island.[1] It was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition and named after Otto Nordenskiöld, leader of the expedition.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nordenskjöld Glacier". Mapcarta. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Nordenskjöld Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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