Crean Glacier

Crean Glacier (54°8′S 37°1′W / 54.133°S 37.017°W / -54.133; -37.017) is a glacier 4 miles (6 km) long, flowing northwest from Wilckens Peaks to the head of Antarctic Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Irishman Tom Crean, Second Officer of the Endurance during the British expedition under Ernest Shackleton, 1914-16. Crean accompanied Shackleton and Frank Worsley in the James Caird from Elephant Island to King Haakon Bay, South Georgia, and made the overland crossing with them to Stromness; this glacier lies on the route.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Crean Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).