Cook Glacier (South Georgia)
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location | South Georgia | |
Coordinates | 54 ° 28 ′ S , 36 ° 12 ′ W | |
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drainage | Saint Andrews Bay |
The Cook Glacier is a glacier on the north coast of South Georgia . It flows in a north-northeast direction to Saint Andrews Bay .
A German research group named it during the First International Polar Year (1882-1883). It is named after the British navigator and explorer James Cook .
Web links
- Cook Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cook Glacier on geographic.org (English)