Ross glacier
| Ross glacier | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| length | 10 km | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 33 '30 " S , 36 ° 9' 33" W | |
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| drainage | Little Moltke Harbor | |
The Ross Glacier is a 10 km long glacier on South Georgia . It flows in an easterly direction from Ross Pass between the Allardyce Range and the Salvesen Range to Little Moltke Harbor in Royal Bay on the north coast of the island.
A German research group mapped the glacier during the First International Polar Year (1882–1883). It is named after the British polar explorer James Clark Ross (1800–1862).
Web links
- Ross Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ross Glacier on geographic.org (English)