Murray Snowfield
Murray Snowfield is a snowfield centered 2 nautical miles south of Possession Bay in South Georgia. The name "John Murray-Gletscher" was given to a glacier flowing into the head of Possession Bay by members of the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Snowfield
- Description: snowfield in South Georgia
- Also known as: “John Murray-Gletscher”
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Mount Worsley is situated 4 km south of Murray Snowfield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peggotty Bluff and Dinghy Point.
Peggotty Bluff
Locality
King Haakon Bay, or King Haakon Sound, is an inlet on the southern coast of the island of South Georgia. The inlet is approximately 13 km long and 4 km wide. Peggotty Bluff is situated 9 km west of Murray Snowfield.
Dinghy Point
Locality
Prince Olav Harbour is a small harbour in the south west portion of Cook Bay, entered between Point Abrahamsen and Sheep Point, along the north coast of South Georgia. Dinghy Point is situated 9 km north of Murray Snowfield.
Sheep Point
Locality
Prince Olav Harbour is a small harbour in the south west portion of Cook Bay, entered between Point Abrahamsen and Sheep Point, along the north coast of South Georgia. Sheep Point is situated 10 km north of Murray Snowfield.
Murray Snowfield
- Categories: snow field and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Murray Snowfield” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “默里雪原”
- German: “Murray-Schneefeld”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Murray Snowfield”
- Portuguese: “Campo de neve Murray”
- Portuguese: “Campo de Neve Murray”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Glacier Point and Zero Point.
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Explore places such as Barlas Bank.
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