❄️ Purvis Glacier

United Kingdom · Europe · 54.10°S, 37.17°W

Purvis Glacier is a glacier flowing generally northeast into the west side of Possession Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. Charted by the German Antarctic Expedition under Wilhelm Filchner, 1911–12, and named after John Murray-Gletscher. It was renamed Purvis Glacier, possibly to avoid confusion with Murray Glacier in northern Victoria Land, after Petty Officer J. Purvis, Royal Navy.

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	54.10°S, 37.17°W · view on map

Purvis Glacier is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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