Philippi Glacier (South Georgia)
| Philippi glacier | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 49 ′ S , 36 ° 6 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Brandt Cove | |
The Philippi Glacier is a glacier at the southeastern end of South Georgia . It flows east to Brandt Cove in Drygalski Fjord .
Participants in the Second German Antarctic Expedition (1911–1912) under the direction of Wilhelm Filchner mapped him. Filchner named it after the German geologist Emil Philippi (1871-1910), a member of the Gauss expedition (1901-1903) under the direction of Erich von Drygalski .
Web links
- Philippi Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Philippi Glacier on geographic.org (English)