Terminal Moraines in the Fjord Basins of Sub-Antarctic South Georgia

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Memoirs
• Main Authors: Graham, A. G. C., Hodgson, D. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2016
• Subjects: Life Sciences; Antarctic; Hodgson; Antarc*; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1560; https://doi.org/10.1144/M46.165

Sub-Antarctic South Georgia (54° 17′ S, 36° 30′ W, 3755 km2) is a large heavily glacierized island that is 170 km long, 39 km wide and rises to elevations of 2934 m. The island has extensive evidence of past glacial expansion with moraines preserved on land (Bentley et al. 2007), in the fjords (Hodg...