Harmer Glacier
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Harmer Glacier is a glacier
3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing southwest from Starbuck Peak
to the sea close north of Ranvik, on the south coast 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 Sir Sidney F. Harmer.
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...
3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing southwest from Starbuck Peak
Starbuck Peak
Starbuck Peak is a peak, 1,435 m, standing between the heads of Risting Glacier and Harmer Glacier 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 for Alexander Starbuck, American whaling historian;...
to the sea close north of Ranvik, on the south coast of South Georgia
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, known as the South Sandwich...
. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom 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...
(UK-APC) for Sir Sidney F. Harmer.