It should not be confused with Geikie Glacier (58° 35' 48" N, 136° 36' 34" W), part of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Southeast Alaska. The Alaskan Geikie Glacier was named in 1879 by John Muir for James Geikie (1839–1915), Sir Archibald's younger brother. By 1892, the glacier had retreated and broken in two. The more northerly glacier retained the name "Geikie," and the other, renamed "Wood Glacier," has since disappeared.[3]
geikie, glacier, flows, northeast, mercer, southwest, cumberland, west, south, georgia, first, charted, swedish, antarctic, expedition, 1901, under, otto, nordenskiöld, named, after, archibald, geikie, noted, scottish, geologist, director, general, geological,. Geikie Glacier flows northeast to Mercer Bay at the southwest end of Cumberland West Bay South Georgia It was first charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901 04 under Otto Nordenskiold who named it after Sir Archibald Geikie a noted Scottish geologist and Director General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain 1882 1901 1 2 Geikie GlacierLocation of Geikie Glacier in South GeorgiaLocationSouth GeorgiaCoordinates54 17 S 36 41 W 54 283 S 36 683 W 54 283 36 683ThicknessunknownTerminusCumberland West BayStatusunknownIt should not be confused with Geikie Glacier 58 35 48 N 136 36 34 W part of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Southeast Alaska The Alaskan Geikie Glacier was named in 1879 by John Muir for James Geikie 1839 1915 Sir Archibald s younger brother By 1892 the glacier had retreated and broken in two The more northerly glacier retained the name Geikie and the other renamed Wood Glacier has since disappeared 3 See also EditList of glaciers in the Antarctic GlaciologyReferences Edit Geikie Glacier Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Retrieved 19 April 2012 Geike Glacier Antarctica Geographical Names Retrieved 21 January 2018 Geikie Glacier alaska guide Alaska Guide Co Retrieved 26 July 2018 This article incorporates public domain material from Geikie Glacier Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey Portal Geography This article about a glacier in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Geikie Glacier amp oldid 1147070978, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
