Geikie Glacier

Geikie Glacier

Geikie Glacier (coord|54|17|S|36|41|W|type:glacier) is a glacier which flows northeast to Mercer Bay, at the southwest end of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. First charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold, who named it after Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), noted Scottish geologist and Director-General of the Geological Survey Great Britain, 1882-1901.


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