Christophersen Glacier Explained

Christophersen Glacier
Map:United Kingdom South Georgia
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:South Georgia
Coordinates:-54.4167°N -83°W
Length:8nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Jacobsen Bight
Status:unknown

Christophersen Glacier is a glacier 8nmi long, flowing west into Jacobsen Bight on the south coast of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Pedro Christophersen, one of the first Directors of the Compañía Argentina de Pesca which operated the Grytviken whaling station for more than 50 years beginning in 1904.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Christophersen Glacier, Antarctica . Geographical Names . 21 January 2018.