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Hamberg Glacier

Hamberg Glacier (54°21′S 36°31′W / 54.350°S 36.517°W / -54.350; -36.517) is a glacier which flows in an east-northeasterly direction from the northeast side of Mount Sugartop to the west side of the head of Moraine Fjord, South Georgia. It was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld, who named it for Axel Hamberg, a Swedish geographer, mineralogist and Arctic explorer.

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  1. ^ "Hamberg Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Hamberg Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 22 January 2018.