Heaney Glacier
Heaney Glacier | ||
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Mouth of the Heaney Glacier into Saint Andrews Bay |
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location | South Georgia | |
length | 6 km | |
Coordinates | 54 ° 26 ′ 20 ″ S , 36 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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drainage | Saint Andrews Bay |
The Heaney Glacier is a 6 km long glacier on the north coast of South Georgia . It flows immediately northwest of the Cook Glacier in a first northeast, then east direction to Saint Andrews Bay .
The South Georgia Survey carried out a survey of the glacier from 1951 to 1952. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1955 after John Bryan Heaney (1931-2010), who was involved in the survey.
Web links
- Heaney Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Heaney Glacier on geographic.org (English)