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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Crean Glacier
- Type: Glacier
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
Discover Crean Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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