Crean Glacier
Crean Glacier is a glacier 4 miles long, flowing northwest from Wilckens Peaks to the head of Antarctic Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57 and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Irishman Tom Crean, Second Officer of the Endurance during the British expedition under Ernest Shackleton, 1914–16.
- Glacier
- …lies at an elevation of 3 metres (10 feet)
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
Crean Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.13333° or 54° 8′ south
Longitude
-37.01667° or 37° 1′ west
Open location code
39Q4VX8M+M8
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Crean Glacier” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “克林冰川”
- French: “glacier Crean”
- French: “Glacier Crean”
- German: “Crean-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Creanbreen”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Crean”
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