Tyrrell Glacier
| Tyrrell Glacier | |
|---|---|
  Location of Tyrrell Glacier in South Georgia | |
| Location | South Georgia |
| Coordinates | 54°22′S 36°31′W / 54.367°S 36.517°W / -54.367; -36.517 |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Harker Glacier |
| Status | unknown |
Tyrrell Glacier (54°22′S 36°31′W / 54.367°S 36.517°W / -54.367; -36.517Coordinates: 54°22′S 36°31′W / 54.367°S 36.517°W / -54.367; -36.517) is a glacier flowing north into the head of Moraine Fjord where it joins Harker Glacier, on the north coast of South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), 1982, in association with Harker Glacier, after George Walter Tyrrell (1883–1961), Senior Lecturer in geology, Glasgow University, 1919–48, author of several early papers on the petrology of South Georgia, the South Shetland Islands, and the Palmer Archipelago area.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Tyrrell Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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