Twitcher Glacier Explained

Twitcher Glacier
Map:United Kingdom South Georgia
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:South Georgia
Coordinates:-54.7167°N -91°W
Length:4nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Iris Bay
Status:unknown

Twitcher Glacier is a glacier, 4 miles (6 km) long, which flows east from the Salvesen Range to the east coast of South Georgia, immediately south of Herz Glacier and Iris Bay. The glacier was surveyed in 1951-52 by the SGS. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1771–82, who was popularly known as "Jemmy Twitcher."[1]

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Notes and References

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