Keilhau Glacier
54°16′S 37°4′W / 54.267°S 37.067°W / -54.267; -37.067
Keilhau Glacier (54°16′S 37°4′W / 54.267°S 37.067°W / -54.267; -37.067) is a glacier 5 nautical miles (9 km) long flowing west from Kohl Plateau and then southwest to Jossac Bight, on the south coast of South Georgia. It was mapped by Olaf Holtedahl during his visit to South Georgia in 1927–28, and named by him for Baltazar M. Keilhau, a Norwegian geologist and professor of mineralogy at the University of Christiania.[1][2]
See also
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
References
- ^ "Keilhau Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ "Keilhau Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Keilhau Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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