Eclipse Glacier
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Eclipse Glacier is a glacier
flowing southwest into the north part of Jacobsen Bight
on the south coast of South Georgia
. So named by the British South Georgia Survey, 1954-55, led by George A. Sutton.
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 southwest into the north part of Jacobsen Bight
Jacobsen Bight
Jacobsen Bight is a bight 4 miles wide, indenting the south coast of South Georgia between Larvik Cone and Cape Darnley. The name "Sukkertopp bukta" was used by Olaf Holtedahl in 1929 for the whole of the coast between Cape Darnley and Sandefjord, which was shown on his map as one bay...
on the south coast 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...
. So named by the British South Georgia Survey, 1954-55, led by George A. Sutton.