Philippi Glacier (South Georgia)

Philippi Glacier is a glacier flowing east into Brandt Cove on the southwest side of Drygalski Fjord, at the southeast end of South Georgia. Charted by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12, under Wilhelm Filchner, who named it for Emil Philippi, glaciologist with the German Antarctic Expedition, 1901-03, under Erich von Drygalski, and professor of geology at the University of Jena.

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

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