Quensel Glacier Explained

Quensel Glacier
Map:United Kingdom South Georgia
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:South Georgia
Coordinates:-54.7667°N -85°W
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Cooper Bay
Status:unknown

Quensel Glacier is a small glacier flowing southeast into Cooper Bay at the east tip of South Georgia. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Percy D. Quensel, Swedish geologist of Uppsala University, who visited South Georgia with Carl Skottsberg in 1909.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Quensel Glacier, Antarctica . Geographical Names . 23 January 2018.