Neumayer Glacier

Neumayer Glacier
Map showing the location of Neumayer Glacier
Map showing the location of Neumayer Glacier
Location of Neumayer Glacier in South Georgia
LocationSouth Georgia
Coordinates54°15′S 36°41′W / 54.250°S 36.683°W / -54.250; -36.683
Length8 nmi (15 km; 9 mi)
Width2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusCumberland West Bay
Statusunknown

Neumayer Glacier is a glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, which flows east along the north flank of the Allardyce Range to the west side of the head of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. Charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld, 1901–04, and named for Georg von Neumayer.

Between 2005 and 2009, the glacier retreated 1-kilometer (0.62 mi).[1]

  1. ^ "Neumayer Glacier, South Georgia Island". Image of the Day. NASA. Retrieved 9 May 2011.