Morris Glacier (South Georgia) Explained

Morris Glacier
Map:United Kingdom South Georgia
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:South Georgia
Coordinates:-54.0833°N -51°W
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Bay of Isles
Status:unknown

Morris Glacier (-54.0833°N -51°W) is a glacier flowing north to the head of Sea Leopard Fjord in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. it was charted in 1912–13 by American naturalist Robert Cushman Murphy, aboard the brig Daisy, who named it for Edward Lyman Morris, a botanist who was then head of the Department of Natural Science at the Brooklyn Museum.[1]

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Notes and References

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