Kjerulf Glacier, , () is a
glacier
A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...
long flowing west from
Mount Sugartop
Mount Sugartop () is a prominent, partly snow-covered mountain, 2,325 m, standing 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Mount Paget in the Allardyce Range of South Georgia. The name "Sugarloaf Peak" has appeared on maps for this feature for many yea ...
to the east side of
Newark Bay, on the south coast of
South Georgia
South Georgia is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. ...
. It was mapped by
Olaf Holtedahl during his visit to South Georgia in 1927–28, and named by him for Norwegian geologist
Theodor Kjerulf
Theodor Kjerulf (30 March 182525 October 1888) was a Norway, Norwegian geologist and professor at the University of Oslo. He also served as director of the Norwegian Geological Survey.
Biography
He was born in Oslo, Christiania (now Oslo), Norway ...
, Professor of
Mineralogy
Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical mineralogy, optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifact (archaeology), artifacts. Specific s ...
at the
University of Christiania.
See also
* List of glaciers in the Antarctic
There are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow, rather than general bodies of ice ...
* Glaciology
Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or, more generally, ice and natural phenomena that involve ice.
Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, clim ...
References
Glaciers of South Georgia
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