❄️ Briggs Glacier

United Kingdom · Europe · 54.17°S, 37.13°W

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Briggs Glacier is a glacier between Mount Worsley and The Trident in central South Georgia, 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, Royal Navy (1888–1977). Chaplin was survey officer aboard RRS Discovery during the Discovery Oceanographic Expedition of 1925–1927, and was later in charge of a hydrographic survey party in South Georgia, 1928–30.

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CountryUnited Kingdom
Continent / regionEurope
Coordinates (approx.)54.17°S, 37.13°W · view on map

Briggs Glacier is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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