Neumayer Glacier

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Neumayer Glacier is a major glacier in South Georgia that drains the slopes of the Allardyce Range toward the island’s northern coast.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier
continent Antarctica region (sub-Antarctic island)
country United Kingdom
discoveredBy Otto Nordenskjöld NERFINISHED
Swedish Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED
discoveryYear 1902
drainageBasin north coast drainage of South Georgia
drains slopes of the Allardyce Range
featureOf Allardyce Range NERFINISHED
flowsToward north coast of South Georgia
hasCategory Glaciers of South Georgia
Landforms of South Georgia
Sub-Antarctic glaciers
hasClimate polar maritime
hasCoordinateSystem WGS84
hasEnvironment sub-Antarctic
hasFlowDirection northward
hasLanguageOfToponym German
hasProcess calving at terminus
glacial erosion
ice flow
hasSurfaceFeature crevasses
snow cover
hasTypeOfIce temperate glacier ice
isIncludedIn gazetteers of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic names
isPartOf British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic NERFINISHED
isSubjectOf glaciological studies of South Georgia
topographic mapping of South Georgia
locatedIn South Georgia NERFINISHED
locatedOn island of South Georgia NERFINISHED
mappedBy Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904) NERFINISHED
namedAfter Georg von Neumayer NERFINISHED
namedForField geophysics
namedForNationality German
namedForOccupation scientist
near Cumberland Bay NERFINISHED
King Edward Point NERFINISHED
partOf Allardyce Range glacial system
region South Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
terminus Cumberland West Bay NERFINISHED

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Allardyce Range hasGlacier Neumayer Glacier