Bogen Glacier
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Bogen Glacier is a small glacier
on the north side of Drygalski Fjord
between Trendall Crag
and Hamilton Bay
, at the southeast end of South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
in 1979 after Arne Bogen, Norwegian sealer working in South Georgia after 1950; Master of the sealing vessel Albatross and Station Foreman, Grytviken
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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...
on the north side of Drygalski Fjord
Drygalski Fjord
Drygalski Fjord is a bay 1 mile wide which recedes northwest 7 miles , entered immediately north of Nattriss Head along the southeast coast of South Georgia.According to L...
between Trendall Crag
Trendall Crag
Trendall Crag is a mountain crag, 1,005 m, overlooking the north side of Drygalski Fjord at the southeast end of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57 under Duncan Carse, and named for Alec Trendall, geologist of the SGS, 1951–52 and 1953-54....
and Hamilton Bay
Hamilton Bay
Hamilton Bay is a small bay at the mouth of Salomon Glacier, indenting the southeast coast of South Georgia 0.4 nautical miles northeast of the mouth of Drygalski Fjord. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for James E...
, at the southeast end of South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
in 1979 after Arne Bogen, Norwegian sealer working in South Georgia after 1950; Master of the sealing vessel Albatross and Station Foreman, Grytviken
Grytviken
Grytviken is the principal settlement in the British territory of South Georgia in the South Atlantic. It was so named in 1902 by the Swedish surveyor Johan Gunnar Andersson who found old English try pots used to render seal oil at the site. It is the best harbour on the island, consisting of a...
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