Wheeler Glacier
Wheeler Glacier is a glacier draining the north flank of Mount Fraser, flowing west-northwest for 2 miles to the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57.Wheeler Glacier
- Glacier with an elevation of 237 metres (778 feet)
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.60139° or 54° 36′ 5″ south
Longitude
-36.40167° or 36° 24′ 6″ west
Open location code
39Q59HXX+C8
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wheeler Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wheeler Glacier”
- Chinese: “惠勒冰川”
- German: “Wheeler-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wheelerbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wheelerbreen”
- Norwegian: “Wheelerbreen”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Wheeler”
- Swedish: “Wheeler Glacier”
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