Feature Name (see definition): Crean Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3292

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 54° 08' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 037° 01' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.1333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -37.0166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): Glacier 4 mi long, flowing NW from Wilckens Peaks to the head of Antarctic Bay on the N coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey (SGS) in the period 1951-57 and named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Tom Crean, Second Officer of the Endurance during the British expedition under Shackleton, 1914-16. Crean accompanied Shackleton in the James Caird from Elephant Island to King Haakon Bay, South Georgia, and made the overland crossing with him to Stromness; this glacier lies on the route.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data