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.- Glacier with an elevation of around 270 metres (870 feet)
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
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Henningsen Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.4625° or 54° 27′ 45″ south
Longitude
-36.73556° or 36° 44′ 8″ west
Open location code
39Q5G7Q7+2Q
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Henningsen Glacier” goes by many names.
Henningsen GlacierCebuano
亨寧森冰川Chinese
HenningsenbreenNorwegian Nynorsk
Henningsen GlacierSwedish
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