Geikie Glacier

Geikie Glacier
Geikie Glacier
	Location of Geikie Glacier in South Georgia
Location	South Georgia
Coordinates	54°17′S 36°41′W / 54.283°S 36.683°W
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Cumberland West Bay
Status	unknown

Geikie Glacier flows northeast to Mercer Bay, at the southwest end of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. It was first charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld, who named it after Sir Archibald Geikie, a noted Scottish geologist and Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1882–1901.^[1]^[2]

It should not be confused with Geikie Glacier (58° 35' 48" N, 136° 36' 34" W), part of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Southeast Alaska. The Alaskan Geikie Glacier was named in 1879 by John Muir for James Geikie (1839–1915), Sir Archibald's younger brother. By 1892, the glacier had retreated and broken in two. The more northerly glacier retained the name "Geikie," and the other, renamed "Wood Glacier," has since disappeared.^[3]

References

^ "Geikie Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
^ "Geike Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ "Geikie Glacier". alaska.guide. Alaska Guide Co. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

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[gnis-1] "Geikie Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

[2] "Geike Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[3] "Geikie Glacier". alaska.guide. Alaska Guide Co. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

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