Henningsen Glacier
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Henningsen Glacier is a glacier
3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing southwest to the south coast of South Georgia
between Cape Darnley
and Rocky Bay
. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey (SGS) expedition led by Duncan Carse
. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(UK-APC) for Leonard Henningsen, Manager of Tonsberg Hvalfangeri, Husvik, 1945-50.
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 to 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...
between Cape Darnley
Cape Darnley
Cape Darnley is a cape at the southeast side of Jacobsen Bight on the south-central coast of South Georgia. The name dates back to about 1920 and was given for E.R. Darnley of the Colonial Office, Chairman of the Discovery Committee from 1923 to 1933....
and Rocky Bay
Rocky Bay
Rocky Bay is a small bay, with numerous rocks lying in the bay and at its entrance, situated immediately north of Ducloz Head along the south coast of South Georgia. The presence of this bay seems to have been first noted in 1819 by Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen who roughly charted a small inlet...
. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey (SGS) expedition led by Duncan Carse
Duncan Carse
Duncan Carse was born in 1913 and attended Sherborne School. A British actor and explorer, he died on 2 May 2004, aged 90. He had lived in Fittleworth, West Sussex, for over 40 years. His father was the artist A...
. 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 Leonard Henningsen, Manager of Tonsberg Hvalfangeri, Husvik, 1945-50.