Beaglehole Glacier

Beaglehole Glacier (66°33′S 64°7′W / 66.550°S 64.117°W / -66.550; -64.117Coordinates: 66°33′S 64°7′W / 66.550°S 64.117°W / -66.550; -64.117) is a glacier between Spur Point and Friederichsen Glacier on the east coast of Graham Land. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian of the Antarctic and biographer of Captain James Cook.

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

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