Morris Glacier (South Georgia)
| Morris Glacier | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 6 ′ S , 37 ° 15 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Sea Leopard Fjord | |
The Morris Glacier is a glacier on the north coast of South Georgia . It flows north to the head of Sea Leopard Fjord in the Bay of Isles .
The American ornithologist Robert Cushman Murphy was the first to map them on his visit to South Georgia (1912–1913) on board the brig Daisy . Murphy named him after the American botanist Edward Lyman Morris (1870-1913), then head of the natural science department of the Brooklyn Museum .
Web links
- Morris Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Morris Glacier on geographic.org (English)