Christensen Glacier (South Georgia)
| Christensen Glacier | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| length | 6 km | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 19 '2 " S , 36 ° 51' 44" W | |
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| drainage | Newark Bay | |
The Christensen Glacier is a 6 km long glacier in southern South Georgia . It flows south into the eastern section of Newark Bay .
The South Georgia Survey carried out a survey of the glacier in a campaign that ran from 1951 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the Norwegian marine engineer Christian Fredrik Christensen, who, together with the ship owner Henrik Govenius Melsom (1870-1944), had developed a slipway for factory ships for hauling in whale cadavers .
Web links
- Christensen Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Christensen Glacier on geographic.org (English)