Graae Glacier
| Graae Glacier | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| length | 3 km | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 48 '24 " S , 36 ° 10' 51" W | |
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| drainage | Trollhul | |
The Graae Glacier is a 3 km long glacier on the south coast of South Georgia . It flows from the north flank of Mount Sabatier in a west-southwest direction to Trollhul Bay .
The South Georgia Survey took surveys between 1951 and 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the Dane Mogens Einar Work Graae (* 1916), who developed transport sleds for the survey campaigns from 1953 to 1954 and from 1955 to 1956.
Web links
- Graae Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Graae Glacier on geographic.org (English)