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Glacier in Antarctica

Lancing Glacier
Map showing the location of Lancing GlacierMap showing the location of Lancing GlacierLocation of Lancing Glacier in South Georgia
LocationSouth Georgia
Coordinates54°20′S 36°56′W / 54.333°S 36.933°W / -54.333; -36.933
Length3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusNewark Bay
Statusunknown

Lancing Glacier (54°20′S 36°56′W / 54.333°S 36.933°W / -54.333; -36.933) is a glacier 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing south from Mount Corneliussen and Smillie Peak to Newark Bay on the south side of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Lancing (formerly Flackwell), built in 1898, and converted to a whale factory ship in 1923. It was the first factory ship to be fitted with a slipway.

See also

References

  1. "Lancing Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. "Lancing Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

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

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