Heaney Glacier
Heaney Glacier is a glacier, 4 nautical miles long, which lies close northwest of Cook Glacier and flows northeast and then east toward Saint Andrews Bay on the north coast of South Georgia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Skittle and Fusilier Mountain.
Mount Skittle
Peak
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Skittle is a prominent rocky mountain, 480 m, forming the north limit of Saint Andrews Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. The name "Kegel-Berg" was given for this feature by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83.
Fusilier Mountain
Peak
Fusilier Mountain is a mountain rising to 810 metres on the north side of Heaney Glacier, 2.7 nautical miles west of Mount Skittle, on the north coast of South Georgia. Fusilier Mountain is situated 3 km west of Heaney Glacier.
Heaney Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 448 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
Discover Heaney Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Heaney Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Heaney Glacier”
- Chinese: “希尼冰川”
- German: “Heaney-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Heaneybreen”
- Swedish: “Heaney Glacier”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Barff Peninsula and Pirner Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Andrews Bay and Luisa Bay.
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