Quensel Glacier

Quensel Glacier
Location of Quensel Glacier in South Georgia
Location	South Georgia
Coordinates	54°46′S 35°50′W / 54.767°S 35.833°W / -54.767; -35.833
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Cooper Bay
Status	unknown

Quensel Glacier (

54°46′S 35°50′W / 54.767°S 35.833°W / -54.767; -35.833Coordinates: 54°46′S 35°50′W / 54.767°S 35.833°W / -54.767; -35.833) is a small glacier flowing southeast into Cooper Bay at the east tip of South Georgia. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Percy D. Quensel, Swedish geologist of Uppsala University, who visited South Georgia with Carl Skottsberg in 1909.^[1]

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References[]

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Quensel Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)