Quensel Glacier
Quensel Glacier is a small glacier flowing southeast into Cooper Bay at the east tip of South Georgia. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Percy D.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ferguson Peak and Lewald Glacier.
Ferguson Peak
Peak
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
Ferguson Peak is a peak, 560 metres high, standing close west of the head of Cooper Bay in the eastern extremity of South Georgia. It was photographed by Niall Rankin during his visit to South Georgia in 1947.
Lewald Glacier
Glacier
Lewald Glacier is a small glacier 3 nautical miles west of Cape Vahsel, flowing northward to the coast at the east end of South Georgia. It was named by the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm Filchner, for Theodor Lewald, Ministerialdirektor im Reichsamt des Innern, Germany, who took an active interest in the expedition.
Quensel Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 154 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.77249° or 54° 46′ 21″ southLongitude
-35.85097° or 35° 51′ 4″ westElevation
154 metres (505 feet)Open location code
39Q664HX+2JOpenStreetMap ID
way 985405505OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Quensel Glacier” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “昆塞爾冰川”
- German: “Quensel-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Quenselbreen”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Centre Cove and Albatross Cove.
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Highlights include Wasp Island and Brambleleaf Island.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Quensel Glacier”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.