Lancing Glacier
54°20′S 36°56′W / 54.333°S 36.933°W / -54.333; -36.933
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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- Adélie Land
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- 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
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- 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
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