Heaney Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica
54°25′S 36°12′W / 54.417°S 36.200°W / -54.417; -36.200
Heaney Glacier (54°25′S 36°12′W / 54.417°S 36.200°W / -54.417; -36.200) is a glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, which lies close northwest of Cook Glacier and flows northeast and then east toward Saint Andrews Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey, 1951–52, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for John B. Heaney, a surveyor with that expedition.[1]
See also
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
References
- ^ "Heaney Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Heaney Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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- Adélie Land
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- Enderby Land
- Graham Land
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- James Ross Island and Graham Land
- Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
- Kemp Land
- Mac. Robertson Land
- Marie Byrd Land
- Oates Land
- Palmer Archipelago and Graham Land
- Palmer Land
- Princess Elizabeth Land
- Queen Elizabeth Land
- Queen Mary Land
- Queen Maud Land
- Ross Dependency
- South Georgia
- South Shetland Islands
- South Orkney Islands
- Trinity Peninsula and Graham Land
- Victoria Land
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