Christophersen Glacier

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The Christophersen Glacier (54°25′S 36°47′W / 54.417°S 36.783°W / -54.417; -36.783Coordinates: 54°25′S 36°47′W / 54.417°S 36.783°W / -54.417; -36.783) is a glacier 8 nautical miles long, flowing west into Jacobsen Bight on the south coast of South Georgia.

The glacier was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Pedro Christophersen, one of the first Directors of the company which operated the Grytviken whaling station for more than 50 years beginning in 1904.

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