Spenceley Glacier
Spenceley Glacier | ||
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location | South Georgia | |
length | 10 km | |
Coordinates | 54 ° 35 ′ 20 ″ S , 36 ° 18 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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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.
Web links
- Spenceley Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spenceley Glacier on geographic.org (English)