Johnson's Glacier
| Johnson's Glacier | ||
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 40 ′ S , 60 ° 22 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Johnson's Dock | |
Johnsons Glacier ( Spanish Glaciar Johnsons ) is a glacier on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows north-west from the Hurd Dome to Johnson's Dock .
Participants in a Spanish Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1994 to 1995 named it based on the name of the Johnson Dock. Its namesake is the American captain Robert Johnson [sic!], Who operated with the sealer Jane Maria between 1820 and 1821 off the South Shetland Islands.
Web links
- Johnsons Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Johnson's Glacier on geographic.org (English)