Lancing Glacier

Glacier in Antarctica

54°20′S 36°56′W / 54.333°S 36.933°W / -54.333; -36.933Length3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi)ThicknessunknownTerminusNewark BayStatusunknown

Lancing Glacier (54°20′S 36°56′W / 54.333°S 36.933°W / -54.333; -36.933) is a glacier 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing south from Mount Corneliussen and Smillie Peak to Newark Bay on the south side of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Lancing (formerly Flackwell), built in 1898, and converted to a whale factory ship in 1923. It was the first factory ship to be fitted with a slipway.^[1]^[2]

See also

List of glaciers in the Antarctic
Glaciology

References

^ "Lancing Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
^ "Lancing Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

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

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