Heart glacier
| Heart glacier | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| Mountains | Salvesen Range | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 41 ′ S , 36 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Iris Bay , South Atlantic | |
The Heart Glacier is a glacier on South Georgia . It flows from the area around Mount Paterson in the Salvesen Range to the east coast of the island and flows into Iris Bay .
It was named by participants in the Second German Antarctic Expedition (1911–1912) under the direction of Wilhelm Filchner . It is named after Adolph Jacob Hertz [sic!] (1865–1912), board member of the German East-Africa Line .
Web links
- Heart Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Herz Glacier on geographic.org (English)