❄️ Wheeler Glacier

United Kingdom · Europe · 54.60°S, 36.37°W

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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.

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CountryUnited Kingdom
Continent / regionEurope
Coordinates (approx.)54.60°S, 36.37°W · view on map

Wheeler Glacier is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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