Quensel Glacier

Quensel Glacier (54°46′S 35°50′W / 54.767°S 35.833°W / -54.767; -35.833Coordinates: 54°46′S 35°50′W / 54.767°S 35.833°W / -54.767; -35.833) is a small glacier flowing southeast into Cooper Bay at the east tip of South Georgia. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Percy D. Quensel, Swedish geologist of Uppsala University, who visited South Georgia with Carl Skottsberg in 1909.

See also

List of glaciers in the Antarctic

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

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