Neumayer Glacier

Neumayer Glacier
Map showing the location of Neumayer Glacier
Location of Neumayer Glacier in South Georgia
Location South Georgia
Coordinates 54°15′S 36°41′W / 54.250°S 36.683°W / -54.250; -36.683
Length 8 nmi (15 km; 9 mi)
Width 2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Cumberland West Bay
Status unknown

Neumayer Glacier is a glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, which flows east along the north flank of the Allardyce Range to the west side of the head of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. Charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld, 1901–04, and named for Georg von Neumayer.

Between 2005 and 2009, the glacier retreated 1-kilometer (0.62 mi).[1]

See also

References

  1. "Neumayer Glacier, South Georgia Island". Image of the Day. NASA. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Neumayer Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 54°15′S 36°41′W / 54.250°S 36.683°W / -54.250; -36.683


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