Grace Glacier
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Grace Glacier is a glacier
which flows north into Ample Bay
at the Bay of Isles
, South Georgia, near Salisbury Plain
. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy
, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, who named it for his wife, Grace Barstow Murphy.
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...
which flows north into Ample Bay
Ample Bay
Ample Bay , also known as Ensenada Grande, is a bay wide, marked by Grace Glacier at its head, situated east of Sunset Fjord in the southwest part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. A sketch of this bay was made in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig...
at the Bay of Isles
Bay of Isles
The Bay of Isles is a bay wide and receding , lying between Cape Buller and Cape Wilson along the north coast of South Georgia. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook and so named by him because numerous islands lie in the bay, many of which are named after local birds...
, South Georgia, near Salisbury Plain
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
Salisbury Plain is a small plain lying between the mouths of Grace and Lucas glaciers on the north coast of South Georgia, best known as the breeding site of over 200,000 king penguins....
. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy
Robert Cushman Murphy
Robert Cushman Murphy was an American ornithologist and former Lamont curator of birds for the American Museum of Natural History....
, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, who named it for his wife, Grace Barstow Murphy.