Kjerulf Glacier (South Georgia)
| Kjerulf glacier | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| Mountains | Allardyce Range | |
| length | 11 km | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 22 ′ S , 36 ° 46 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Newark Bay , South Atlantic | |
The Kjerulf Glacier is an 11 km long glacier on the south coast of South Georgia . It flows from Mount Sugartop in the Allardyce Range in a westerly direction to the east side of Newark Bay .
The Norwegian geologist Olaf Holtedahl mapped the glacier when he visited South Georgia between 1927 and 1928. He named it after his colleague Theodor Kjerulf (1825–1928).
Web links
- Kjerulf Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kjerulf Glacier on geographic.org (English)