❄️ Twitcher Glacier

United Kingdom · Europe · 54.72°S, 35.93°W

Twitcher Glacier is a glacier, 4 miles (6 km) long, which flows east from the Salvesen Range to the east coast of South Georgia, immediately south of Herz Glacier and Iris Bay. The glacier was surveyed in 1951-52 by the SGS. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1771–82, who was popularly known as "Jemmy Twitcher."

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	54.72°S, 35.93°W · view on map

Twitcher Glacier is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

More glaciers in United Kingdom

Austin Glacier · Bary Glacier · Bertrab Glacier · Bogen Glacier · Briggs Glacier · Brøgger Glacier · Brunonia Glacier · Buxton Glacier · Christensen Glacier (South Georgia) · Christophersen Glacier.

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