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Purvis Glacier

Coordinates: 54°6′S 37°10′W / 54.100°S 37.167°W / -54.100; -37.167
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Purvis Glacier
Map showing the location of Purvis Glacier
Map showing the location of Purvis Glacier
Location of Purvis Glacier in South Georgia
LocationSouth Georgia
Coordinates54°6′S 37°10′W / 54.100°S 37.167°W / -54.100; -37.167
Thicknessunknown
TerminusPossession Bay
Statusunknown

Purvis Glacier (54°6′S 37°10′W / 54.100°S 37.167°W / -54.100; -37.167) is a glacier flowing generally northeast into the west side of Possession Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. Charted by the German Antarctic Expedition under Wilhelm Filchner, 1911–12, and named after John Murray-Gletscher. It was renamed Purvis Glacier, possibly to avoid confusion with Murray Glacier in northern Victoria Land, after Petty Officer J. Purvis, Royal Navy (Point Purvis, q.v.).

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