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Brøgger Glacier
Location of Brøgger Glacier in South Georgia
Location	South Georgia
Coordinates	54°10′S 37°8′W / 54.167°S 37.133°W / -54.167; -37.133
Length	7 nmi (13 km; 8 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Undine South Harbour
Status	unknown

Brøgger Glacier (54°32′S 36°26′W / 54.533°S 36.433°W / -54.533; -36.433) is a glacier 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, flowing west into the southern part of Undine South Harbour on the south coast of South Georgia. The name appears on a chart by Professor Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist who investigated South Georgia in 1928, and is probably for Professor Waldemar Brøgger, a Norwegian geologist and mineralogist, and member of the Norwegian Parliament, 1900–09.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

1. "Brøgger Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
2. "Brøgger Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Brøgger Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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