Spenceley Glacier

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Spenceley Glacier
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location South Georgia
length 10 km
Coordinates 54 ° 35 ′ 20 ″  S , 36 ° 18 ′ 30 ″  W Coordinates: 54 ° 35 ′ 20 ″  S , 36 ° 18 ′ 30 ″  W
Spenceley Glacier (South Georgia)
Spenceley Glacier
drainage Brøgger Glacier

The Spenceley Glacier is a 10 km long glacier on South Georgia . In the southern part of the island, it flows along the southwest side of the Salvesen Range in a north-westerly direction and flows into the Brøgger Glacier .

Scientists from the South Georgia Survey mapped it during the South Georgia survey campaign , which ran from 1951 to 1957. It is named after the photographer and mountaineer George Spenceley (1921–2013), who worked for the South Georgia Survey from 1955 to 1956.

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