Wheeler Glacier
| Wheeler Glacier | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| length | 3 km | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 35 '57 " S , 36 ° 22' 28" W | |
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| drainage | South Atlantic | |
The Wheeler Glacier is a 3 km long glacier on South Georgia . It flows from the north flank of Mount Fraser in a west-northwest direction to the south coast of the island.
The South Georgia Survey mapped it during its survey campaign conducted from 1951 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the British zoologist J. F. G. Wheeler, who had been on the scientific staff of the Discovery Investigations at the Grytviken station from 1925 to 1927 and from 1928 to 1930.
Web links
- Wheeler Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wheeler Glacier on geographic.org (English)