Heaney Glacier
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Heaney Glacier is a glacier
, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, which lies close northwest of Cook Glacier
and flows northeast and then east toward Saint Andrews Bay
on the north coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey, 1951-52, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(UK-APC) for John B. Heaney, surveyor with that expedition.
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...
, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, which lies close northwest of Cook Glacier
Cook Glacier, South Georgia
Cook Glacier is a glacier which flows in a north-northeasterly direction to Saint Andrews Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. It was named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations based at nearby Moltke Harbour in 1882–83, for Captain James Cook....
and flows northeast and then east toward Saint Andrews Bay
St Andrews Bay, South Georgia
Saint Andrews Bay is a bight 2 miles wide, indenting the north coast of South Georgia immediately south of Mount Skittle. Probably first sighted by the British expedition under Cook which explored the north coast of South Georgia in 1775. The name dates back to at least 1920 and is now well...
on the north coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey, 1951-52, and 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) for John B. Heaney, surveyor with that expedition.