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Weddell Glacier
Weddell
Glacier
is a
glacier
2
nautical miles
long on the
north side
of
South Georgia
,
flowing
north
into
Royal Bay
between
Will Point
and
Cape Charlotte
. First mapped by the
German
group of the
International Polar Year Investigations
, 1882–83, and named for
James Weddell
, Master,
Royal Navy
, who as a
sealing
captain
visited
South
Georgia
in
1823
.