Quensel_Glacier

Quensel Glacier

Quensel Glacier

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Quensel Glacier (54°46′S 35°50′W) is a small glacier flowing southeast into Cooper Bay at the east tip of South Georgia. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Percy D. Quensel, Swedish geologist of Uppsala University, who visited South Georgia with Carl Skottsberg in 1909.[1]

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    "Quensel Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

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