Helland Glacier
Helland Glacier is a glacier 4 nautical miles long flowing southwest from Mount Paget to Rocky Bay, on the south side of South Georgia. It was mapped by Olaf Holtedahl during his visit to South Georgia in 1927–28, and named by him for Amund Helland, a Norwegian mining geologist and glaciologist.- Glacier with an elevation of around 170 metres (550 feet)
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.47861° or 54° 28′ 43″ south
Longitude
-36.65278° or 36° 39′ 10″ west
Open location code
39Q5G8CW+HV
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Helland Glacier” goes by many names.
Helland GlacierCebuano
赫蘭冰川Chinese
HellandbreenNorwegian Nynorsk
Helland GlacierSwedish
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