Hindle Glacier
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Hindle Glacier is a glacier
6 miles (10 km) long, flowing north from the vicinity of Mount Paterson
into Royal Bay
on the north coast of South Georgia.
, was of great assistance to the South Georgia Survey expeditions.
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...
6 miles (10 km) long, flowing north from the vicinity of Mount Paterson
Mount Paterson
Mount Paterson is a mountain, 2,195 m, standing 2 miles north-northwest of Mount Carse in the Salvesen Range of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named for Stanley B. Paterson, assistant surveyor of the SGS, 1955-56....
into Royal Bay
Royal Bay
Royal Bay is a bay, 4 miles wide and indenting 5 miles , entered between Cape Charlotte and Cape Harcourt along the north coast of South Georgia....
on the north coast of South Georgia.
History
Surveyed by the SGS, 1951-52. The name Bruce Glacier was used unofficially by the British South Georgia Expedition, 1954–55, but a number of Antarctic features are named for Dr. William S. Bruce. The United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) recommended in 1957 that the glacier be named for Dr. Edward Hindle, British zoologist who, as Honorary Secretary of the Royal Geographical SocietyRoyal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society is a British learned society founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences...
, was of great assistance to the South Georgia Survey expeditions.