Cook Glacier
Cook Glacier is a glacier which flows in a north-northeasterly direction to Saint Andrews Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. It was named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations based at nearby Moltke Harbour in 1882–83, for Captain James Cook.Places of Interest
Highlights include Buxton Glacier and Mount Burley.
Buxton Glacier
Glacier
Buxton Glacier is a glacier flowing northeast between…
Mount Burley
Peak
Mount Burley is a peak, 895 metres high, located…
Nachtigal Peak
Peak
Nachtigal Peak is a rocky peak on a spur projecting…
Cook Glacier
- Glacier with an elevation of 32 metres (105 feet)
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.47766° or 54° 28′ 40″ south
Longitude
-36.21026° or 36° 12′ 37″ west
Open location code
39Q5GQCQ+WV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cook Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cook Glacier”
- Chinese: “庫克冰川”
- German: “Cook-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cookbreen i Sør-Georgia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cookbreen”
- Swedish: “Cook Glacier”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Clark Point and Little Moltke Harbour.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nachtigal Glacier and King penguin.
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