Tyrrell Glacier (54°22′S 36°31′W / 54.367°S 36.517°W) is a glacier flowing north into the head of Moraine Fjord where it joins Harker Glacier, on the north coast of South Georgia.
| Tyrrell Glacier | |
|---|---|
  Location of Tyrrell Glacier in South Georgia | |
| Location | South Georgia |
| Coordinates | 54°22′S 36°31′W / 54.367°S 36.517°W |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Harker Glacier |
| Status | unknown |
In 1982, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), in association with Harker Glacier, named the Tyrell Glacier, after George Walter Tyrrell (1883–1961). Tyrell was a senior lecturer in geology, at the University of Glasgow from 1919–48, and authored several papers on the petrology of South Georgia, the South Shetland Islands, and the Palmer Archipelago area.[1]
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- ^ "Tyrrell Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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