Ferguson Glacier (King George Island)
| Ferguson Glacier | ||
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| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Type | Kar glacier | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 5 ′ S , 58 ° 24 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Admiralty Bay | |
The Ferguson Glacier ( Polish Lodowiec Fergusona ) is a small cirque glacier on the south coast of King George Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located in the south of the Keller Peninsula .
Polish scientists named him in 1980 after the Scottish geologist David Ferguson (1857-1936), who was involved in an exploration trip to the South Orkney Islands from 1913 to 1914 on board the whaling ship Hanka .
Web links
- Ferguson Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)