Dead End Glacier
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Dead End Glacier is a glacier
flowing east from the south end of the Salvesen Range
of South Georgia
into the west side of Salomon Glacier
. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and so named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(UK-APC) because there is no route for sledging parties from the head of this glacier to the north shore of Drygalski Fjord
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Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
flowing east from the south end of the Salvesen Range
Salvesen Range
The Salvesen Mountains or Salvesen Range is a mountain range on the southern tip of South Georgia, rising to a maximum elevation of . They were created 127 million years ago and are made mainly from granite. The Cretaceous granite is pretruded into the Jurassic basaltic lavas and dolerite dykes....
of South Georgia
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, known as the South Sandwich...
into the west side of Salomon Glacier
Salomon Glacier
Salomon Glacier is a glacier flowing south into Hamilton Bay, at the east end of South Georgia. Named by the German Antarctic Expedition under Wilhelm Filchner, 1911-12....
. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and so named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
(UK-APC) because there is no route for sledging parties from the head of this glacier to the north shore of Drygalski Fjord
Drygalski Fjord
Drygalski Fjord is a bay 1 mile wide which recedes northwest 7 miles , entered immediately north of Nattriss Head along the southeast coast of South Georgia.According to L...
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