Arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Geikie Glacier

(Larssen Peak)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Location: 54° 18' 21" S 36° 42' 58" W
flowing NE from Larssen Peak into Mercer Bay, was named by J. G. Andersson of the the Swedish Antarctic Expedition on 12 May 1902 after Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), geologist and pioneer of research in glacial geology. Landsat ETM+ satellite imagery 2003 showed that the glacier had undergone considerable retreat.