Cook Glacier (South Georgia)

Not to be confused with Cook Ice Cap in the Kerguelen Islands or Cooke Glacier on the Fletcher Peninsula in Antarctica.

Cook Glacier
Location within South Georgia Island Location within Atlantic Ocean
Location	South Georgia
Coordinates	54°27′S 36°11′W
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	St Andrews Bay
Status	unknown

Cook Glacier (54°27′S 36°11′W) is a glacier which flows in a north-northeasterly direction to Saint Andrews Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. It was named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations based at nearby Moltke Harbour in 1882–83, for Captain James Cook.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from "Cook Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.