Geikie Glacier
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Geikie Glacier () is a glacier which flows northeast to Mercer Bay, at the southwest end of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. First charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold, who named it after Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), noted Scottish geologist and Director-General of the Geological Survey Great Britain, 1882-1901.
This article incorporates text from Geikie Glacier, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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