Helland Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica
54°29′S 36°37′W / 54.483°S 36.617°W / -54.483; -36.617
Helland Glacier (54°29′S 36°37′W / 54.483°S 36.617°W / -54.483; -36.617) is a glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) long flowing southwest from Mount Paget to Rocky Bay, on the south side of South Georgia. It was mapped by Olaf Holtedahl during his visit to South Georgia in 1927–28, and named by him for Amund Helland, a Norwegian mining geologist and glaciologist.[1][2]
See also
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
- Hellandfjellet
References
- ^ "Helland Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
- ^ "Helland Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Helland Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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- Adélie Land
- Bouvet Island
- Coats Land
- Ellsworth Land
- 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
- Wilkes Land
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