Henningsen Glacier
Henningsen Glacier is a glacier 3 nautical miles long, flowing southwest to the south coast of South Georgia between Cape Darnley and Rocky Bay. It was surveyed in the period 1951–57 by the South Georgia Survey expedition led by Duncan Carse, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Leonard Henningsen, Manager of Tønsbergs Hvalfangeri, Husvik, 1945–50.Henningsen Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 266 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Henningsen Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Henningsen Glacier”
- Chinese: “亨寧森冰川”
- German: “Henningsen-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Henningsenbreen”
- Swedish: “Henningsen Glacier”
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