Hodges Glacier
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Hodges Glacier is a small glacier
1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Grytviken
, South Georgia
, flowing from the south side of Petrel Peak
to the foot of Mount Hodges
. The name was recommended by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(UK-APC) and derives from association with Mount Hodges.
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...
1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Grytviken
Grytviken
Grytviken is the principal settlement in the British territory of South Georgia in the South Atlantic. It was so named in 1902 by the Swedish surveyor Johan Gunnar Andersson who found old English try pots used to render seal oil at the site. It is the best harbour on the island, consisting of a...
, 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...
, flowing from the south side of Petrel Peak
Petrel Peak
Petrel Peak is a peak, 630 m, standing at the north side of Hodges Glacier, 1 nautical mile northwest of Grytviken, South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. The name was proposed by J. Smith of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1958, following glaciological...
to the foot of Mount Hodges
Mount Hodges
Mount Hodges is a mountain, 605 m, standing 1 nautical mile west of Mount Duse, close northwest of the head of King Edward Cove, Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. First roughly surveyed by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Nordenskjold. "Moldaenke Berg" was used for this mountain...
. The name was recommended 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) and derives from association with Mount Hodges.