Christophersen Glacier
| Christophersen Glacier | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| length | 13 km | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 25 ′ S , 36 ° 47 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Jacobsen Bight | |
The Christophersen Glacier is a 13 km long glacier on the south coast of South Georgia . It flows west to Jacobsen Bight .
The South Georgia Survey surveyed the glacier from 1951 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1958 after Pedro Christophersen (1845-1930), one of the first directors of the Argentine fishing company Compañía Argentina de Pesca , founded by the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Carl Anton Larsen in 1904 , which maintained the whaling station on Grytviken for 50 years .
Web links
- Christophersen Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Christophersen Glacier on geographic.org (English)