Wheeler Glacier
Wheeler Glacier Location of Wheeler Glacier in South Georgia Show map of Antarctica Wheeler Glacier Wheeler Glacier (South Georgia Island) Show map of South Georgia Island
Location	South Georgia
Coordinates	54°36′S 36°22′W / 54.600°S 36.367°W / -54.600; -36.367
Length	2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Royal Bay
Status	unknown

Wheeler Glacier (54°36′S 36°22′W / 54.600°S 36.367°W / -54.600; -36.367) is a glacier draining the north flank of Mount Fraser, flowing west-northwest for 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for J.F.G. Wheeler, British zoologist and member of the scientific staff of the Discovery Investigations Marine Station, Grytviken, South Georgia, 1925–27 and 1929–30.^[1]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Wheeler Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 

This article about a glacier in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e