Spenceley Glacier
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Spenceley Glacier is a glacier
6 nautical mile
s (11 km) long, flowing northwest along the southwest flank of Salvesen Range
to Brøgger Glacier
, in the south part of South Georgia
. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey (SGS) under Duncan Carse
in the period 1951-57, and named for George Spenceley, photographer and mountaineer
on the SGS, 1955-56.
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...
6 nautical mile
Nautical mile
The nautical mile is a unit of length that is about one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian, but is approximately one minute of arc of longitude only at the equator...
s (11 km) long, flowing northwest along the southwest flank of 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....
to Brøgger Glacier
Brøgger Glacier
Brøgger Glacier is a glacier long, flowing west into the southern part of Undine South Harbour on the south coast of South Georgia. The name appears on a chart by Professor Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist who investigated South Georgia in 1928, and is probably for Professor Waldemar Brøgger,...
, in the south part 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...
. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey (SGS) under Duncan Carse
Duncan Carse
Duncan Carse was born in 1913 and attended Sherborne School. A British actor and explorer, he died on 2 May 2004, aged 90. He had lived in Fittleworth, West Sussex, for over 40 years. His father was the artist A...
in the period 1951-57, and named for George Spenceley, photographer and mountaineer
Mountaineering
Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...
on the SGS, 1955-56.