Briggs Glacier
Briggs Glacier is a glacier between Mount Worsley and The Trident in central South Georgia, flowing northwest into Murray Snowfield. It was charted as a glacier flowing into the head of Possession Bay in 1929 by Lieutenant Commander John M.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Worsley.
Mount Worsley
Peak
Mount Worsley is a mountain, 1,105 m, on the west side of Briggs Glacier in South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Frank Arthur Worsley, skipper of the Endurance on 1914-16 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
Briggs Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 518 metres
- Description: glacier in South Georgia
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
Discover Briggs Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Briggs Glacier” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “布里格斯冰川”
- German: “Briggs-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Briggsbreen”
- Portuguese: “Geleira Briggs”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Briggs”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Glacier Point and Zero Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Murray Snowfield and The Trident.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Briggs Glacier”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.