Briggs Glacier () is a

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between Mount Worsley and The Trident in central

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, flowing northwest into Murray Snowfield. It was charted as a glacier flowing into the head of Possession Bay in 1929 by Lieutenant Commander John M. Chaplin,

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(1888–1977). Chaplin was survey officer aboard RRS ''Discovery'' during the

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of 1925–1927, and was later in charge of a hydrographic survey party in South Georgia, 1928–30. Briggs Glacier was named for

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A.C. Briggs, one of the crew of RRS ''Discovery'' in 1925–27 and a member of Chaplin's survey party in 1928–30. During the

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of 1955–1956, the complicated area of glaciers and snowfields south of Possession Bay was for the first time surveyed in detail, and Briggs Glacier was re-located.

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* Glaciers of South Georgia {{SouthGeorgia-glacier-stub

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