Sjogren Glacier
Location of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula
Map showing the location of Sjogren Glacier
Map showing the location of Sjogren Glacier
Location of Sjogren in Antarctica
LocationTrinity Peninsula
Coordinates64°14′S 59°00′W / 64.233°S 59.000°W / -64.233; -59.000
Length12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusPrince Gustav Channel
Statusunknown

Sjogren Glacier (64°14′S 59°0′W / 64.233°S 59.000°W / -64.233; -59.000) is a glacier 12.5 miles (20 km) long in the south part of Trinity Peninsula, flowing southeast from Detroit Plateau in between Aldomir Ridge and Hazarbasanov Ridge to enter Prince Gustav Channel at the head of Sjögren Inlet, west of Royak Point. Discovered in 1903 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold. He named it Sjogren Fiord after a patron of the expedition. The true nature of the feature was determined by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1945.

Sjogren Glacier Tongue (64°14′S 58°38′W / 64.233°S 58.633°W / -64.233; -58.633) was a tongue of ice between 5 and 7 miles (8 and 11 km) wide, extending 15 miles (24 km) from Sjogren Glacier across Prince Gustav Channel toward Persson Island. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960–61). The glacier tongue was an extension of the flow of Sjogren Glacier from which it took its name. As a result of glacier withdrawal, it has disappeared since at least 1994, with its area now covered by the Prince Gustav Channel.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Sjogren Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 


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