Weddell Glacier
| Weddell Glacier | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| length | 3 km | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 37 ′ 18 ″ S , 36 ° 1 ′ 22 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Beaufoy Cove | |
The Weddell Glacier is a 3 km long glacier on the north coast of South Georgia . It flows north to Beaufoy Cove , a side bay of Royal Bay , which it reaches between Will Point and Cape Charlotte .
A German research group mapped the glacier during the First International Polar Year (1882–1883). It is named after the British navigator James Weddell (1787-1834), who visited South Georgia in 1823 as a seal hunter.
Web links
- Weddell Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Weddell Glacier on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The German Expeditions and their Results, Volume I , Georg von Neumayer, Verlag A. Asher & Co. (1891), published electronically in the Gutenberg-DE project , last accessed on June 15, 2020.