Graae Glacier
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Graae Glacier is a glacier
2 miles (3.2 km) long on the north side of Mount Sabatier
, flowing west-southwest to Trollhul
in the south part of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Morgens E.W. Graae of Denmark
, who developed sledges for the SGS, 1953-54 and 1955-56.
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...
2 miles (3.2 km) long on the north side of Mount Sabatier
Mount Sabatier
Mount Sabatier is a mountain 1,145 m, standing close north of Mount Senderens and 1 mile northeast of Paradise Beach in the south part of South Georgia. The feature appears on charts dating back to the 1930s...
, flowing west-southwest to Trollhul
Trollhul
Trollhul is a small cove 4 nautical miles northwest of Cape Disappointment at the mouth of Graae Glacier, along the south coast of South Georgia....
in the south part of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Morgens E.W. Graae of Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, who developed sledges for the SGS, 1953-54 and 1955-56.