Geikie Glacier (South Georgia)
| Geikie glacier | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 18 ′ S , 36 ° 43 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Mercer Bay | |
The Geikie Glacier is a glacier in central South Georgia . It flows northeast to Mercer Bay at the southwest end of Cumberland West Bay .
It was first mapped during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld . He named the glacier after the British geologist Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), head of the British Geological Survey from 1882 to 1901.
Web links
- Geikie Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Geikie Glacier on geographic.org (English)