Quensel Glacier

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Quensel Glacier (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.[1]

Quensel Glacier
Map showing the location of Quensel Glacier
Map showing the location of Quensel Glacier
Location of Quensel Glacier in South Georgia
LocationSouth Georgia
Coordinates54°46′S 35°50′W / 54.767°S 35.833°W / -54.767; -35.833
Thicknessunknown
TerminusCooper Bay
Statusunknown

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  1. ^ "Quensel Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

  This article incorporates public domain material from "Quensel Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.