| Wheeler Glacier | |||||
| Location: | South Georgia | ||||
| Coordinates: | -54.6°N -58°W | ||||
| Length: | 2nmi | ||||
| Thickness: | unknown | ||||
| Terminus: | Royal Bay | ||||
| Status: | unknown | ||||
| Map: | Antarctica#United Kingdom South Georgia | ||||
| Label Position: | bottom | ||||
| Mark: | Blue_pog.svg | ||||
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Wheeler Glacier is a glacier draining the north flank of Mount Fraser, flowing west-northwest for 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for J.F.G. Wheeler, British zoologist and member of the scientific staff of the Discovery Investigations Marine Station, Grytviken, South Georgia, 1925–27 and 1929–30.[1]