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Neumayer Glacier

A sobering reminder the retreat of neumayer glacier


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.

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Map of Neumayer Glacier, SIQQ 1ZZ, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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

Neumayer glacier antarctica crusing the antarctic peninsula


References

Neumayer Glacier Wikipedia