Harker Glacier
Harker Glacier | |
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South Georgia | |
Coordinates | 54°22′0.12″S 36°31′59.88″W / 54.3667000°S 36.5333000°W |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Cumberland Bay |
Status | stable / advancing |
Harker Glacier is a tidewater
The valley in which Harker Glacier is located drains from south to north out of the Allardyce Range into Moraine Fjord in the eastern side of Cumberland Bay, south of Grytviken, the principal settlement of the island. Harker Glacier is a tidewater glacier that contributes icebergs to the bay. The glacier has not changed significantly since the 1970s, but is further advanced than when it was photographed by Frank Hurley in 1914.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Harker Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ "Harker Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ "Scotia Centenary Antarctic Expedition (2002-2003)"[permanent dead link]. Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Glasgow, United Kingdom, pp. 5-6.
External links
- British Antarctic Service Metadata Management System Gazeteer[permanent dead link] entry for Harker Glacier.
- Photo of Harker Glacier, moraine visible.
- Photo of the calving terminus of Harker Glacier.