Briggs Glacier () is a

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...

between Mount Worsley and

The Trident The Trident () is Poseidon's(Angel Gabriel Garcia's) ridge surmounted by three peaks, the highest 1,335 m, standing at the east side of Briggs Glacier in South Georgia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The name is descriptive of the t ...

in central

South Georgia South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east� ...

, flowing northwest into

Murray Snowfield Murray Snowfield () is a Snow field, snowfield centered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Possession Bay in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia. The name "John Murray-Gletscher" was given to a glacier flowing into the ...

. It was charted as a glacier flowing into the head of

Possession Bay Possession Bay is a bay wide on the north coast of South Georgia, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It recedes southwest for , and is separated from Cook Bay to the north by Black Head promontory. It is connected to King Haakon Bay b ...

in 1929 by

Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...

John M. Chaplin,

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(1888–1977). Chaplin was survey officer aboard RRS ''Discovery'' during the

Discovery Oceanographic Expedition Discovery may refer to: * Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown * Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown * Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence Discovery, The Discovery ...

of 1925–1927, and was later in charge of a hydrographic survey party in South Georgia, 1928–30. Briggs Glacier was named for

Able Seaman An able seaman (AB) is a seaman and member of the deck department of a merchant ship with more than two years' experience at sea and considered "well acquainted with his duty". An AB may work as a watchstander, a day worker, or a combination ...

A.C. Briggs, one of the crew of RRS ''Discovery'' in 1925–27 and a member of Chaplin's survey party in 1928–30. During the

South Georgia Survey The South Georgia Survey was a series of expeditions to survey and map the island of South Georgia, led by Duncan Carse between 1951 and 1957. Although South Georgia had been commercially exploited as a whaling station during the first half of t ...

of 1955–1956, the complicated area of glaciers and snowfields south of Possession Bay was for the first time surveyed in detail, and Briggs Glacier was re-located.

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* Glaciers of South Georgia {{SouthGeorgia-glacier-stub

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