Usher Glacier Explained

Usher Glacier
Map:South Shetland Islands#Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:King George Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates:-62.0333°N -58.6167°W
Length:4nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:north west of Stigant Point
Status:unknown

Usher Glacier (-62.0333°N -95°W) is a glacier nearly 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, flowing northwest into the sea between Stigant Point and Davey Point on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for J. Usher, Master of the Caraquet from Liverpool, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1821–22.

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