Cook Glacier (South Georgia)

Cook Glacier
Cook Glacier
	Location of Cook Glacier in South Georgia Cook Glacier (South Georgia) (Atlantic Ocean)
Location	South Georgia
Coordinates	54°27′S 36°11′W / 54.450°S 36.183°W
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	St Andrews Bay
Status	unknown

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]

References

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

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