König Glacier Explained

König Glacier
Map:United Kingdom South Georgia
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:South Georgia
Coordinates:-54.1667°N -84°W
Length:3nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Fortuna Bay
Status:unknown

König Glacier (-54.1667°N -84°W) is a glacier, 3nmi long and 1.5nmi wide, flowing in a northerly direction from the north side of Neumayer Glacier to the head of Fortuna Bay, South Georgia. It was first surveyed in 1928–29 by a German expedition under Kohl-Larsen, who named it for Austrian mountaineer Felix König, who took part in the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm Filchner.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: König Glacier, Antarctica . Geographical Names . 22 January 2018.