- Twitcher Glacier
Twitcher Glacier (coord|54|43|S|35|56|W|type:glacier) is a
glacier , 4 miles (6 km) long, which flows east from theSalvesen Range to the east coast ofSouth Georgia , immediately south ofHerz Glacier andIris Bay . The glacier was surveyed in 1951-52 by the SGS. Named by theUnited Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) forJohn Montagu , fourth Earl of Sandwich,First Lord of the Admiralty, 1771-82, who was popularly known as "Jemmy Twitcher ."
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