Jewell Glacier | |
Map: | United Kingdom South Georgia |
Mark: | Blue_pog.svg |
Location: | South Georgia |
Coordinates: | -54.2667°N -45°W |
Thickness: | unknown |
Terminus: | Jossac Bight |
Status: | unknown |
Jewell Glacier (-54.2667°N -45°W) is a short glacier flowing south-southwest from Mount Grant into Jossac Bight on the south coast of South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1982 after John A. Jewell, a British Antarctic Survey field assistant in this area in 1976–77, at Rothera Research Station in 1977–78, and Base Commander at Rothera, 1978–80.[1]