Austin Glacier
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Austin Glacier is a glacier
flowing north to Beckmann Fjord
, Bay of Isles
, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
flowing north to Beckmann Fjord
Beckmann Fjord
Beckmann Fjord is a small bay immediately east of Bellingshausen Point, on the east side of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. It was charted in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, who named it for Captain Beckmann, master gunner of the whaler Don Ernesto,...
, Bay of Isles
Bay of Isles
The Bay of Isles is a bay wide and receding , lying between Cape Buller and Cape Wilson along the north coast of South Georgia. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook and so named by him because numerous islands lie in the bay, many of which are named after local birds...
, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.