Neumayer Glacier
Location of Neumayer Glacier in South Georgia
Location	South Georgia
Coordinates	54°15′S 36°41′W / 54.250°S 36.683°W / -54.250; -36.683
Length	8 nmi (15 km; 9 mi)
Width	2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Cumberland West Bay
Status	unknown

Neumayer Glacier is a glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, which flows east along the north flank of the Allardyce Range to the west side of the head of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. Charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld, 1901–04, and named for Georg von Neumayer.

Between 2005 and 2009, the glacier retreated 1-kilometer (0.62 mi). ^[1]

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Gallery

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  Neumayer Glacier in January 2005
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  Neumayer Glacier in January 2009
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  Neumayer Glacier, Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia, circa 1882
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  Neumayer Glacier, Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia, circa 1882

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Neumayer Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 

54°15′S 36°41′W / 54.250°S 36.683°W / -54.250; -36.683

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