Helland glacier
| Helland glacier | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| Mountains | Allardyce Range | |
| length | 6 km | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 28 '47 " S , 36 ° 35' 45" W | |
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| drainage | Rocky Bay , South Atlantic | |
The Helland Glacier is a 6 km long glacier on the south coast of South Georgia . It flows from Mount Paget in the Allardyce Range in a southwest direction to Rocky Bay .
The South Georgia Survey surveyed the bay between 1951 and 1957. The name goes back to the Norwegian geologist Olaf Holtedahl , who visited South Georgia between 1927 and 1928. It is named after the Norwegian mining geologist and glaciologist Amund Helland (1846–1918).
Web links
- Helland Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Helland Glacier on geographic.org (English)