Cook Glacier (South Georgia)

Not to be confused with Cook Ice Cap in the Kerguelen Islands or Cooke Glacier on the Fletcher Peninsula in Antarctica.

Cook Glacier
Map showing the location of Cook Glacier
Map showing the location of Cook Glacier
Location of Cook Glacier in South Georgia
Map showing the location of Cook Glacier
Map showing the location of Cook Glacier
Cook Glacier (South Georgia) (Atlantic Ocean)
LocationSouth Georgia
Coordinates54°27′S 36°11′W / 54.450°S 36.183°W / -54.450; -36.183
Thicknessunknown
TerminusSt Andrews Bay
Statusunknown

Cook Glacier (54°27′S 36°11′W / 54.450°S 36.183°W / -54.450; -36.183) 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.[1]

  1. ^ "Clayton Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 21 January 2018.