Wheeler Glacier

Wheeler Glacier
Wheeler Glacier Location of Wheeler Glacier in South Georgia Wheeler Glacier Wheeler Glacier (South Georgia Island)
Location	South Georgia
Coordinates	54°36′S 36°22′W
Length	2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Royal Bay
Status	unknown

Wheeler Glacier (54°36′S 36°22′W) is a glacier draining the north flank of Mount Fraser, flowing west-northwest for 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for J.F.G. Wheeler, British zoologist and member of the scientific staff of the Discovery Investigations Marine Station, Grytviken, South Georgia, 1925–27 and 1929–30.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

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