Wheeler Glacier

{{Short description|Glacier in Antarctica}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

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| location = South Georgia

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| terminus = Royal Bay

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Wheeler Glacier ({{Coord|54|36|S|36|22|W|type:glacier|display=inline,title}}) is a glacier draining the north flank of Mount Fraser, flowing west-northwest for 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for J.F.G. Wheeler, British zoologist and member of the scientific staff of the Discovery Investigations Marine Station, Grytviken, South Georgia, 1925–27 and 1929–30.{{cite web | url = https://geographic.org/geographic_names/antname.php?uni=16500&fid=antgeo_125 |title = Wheeler Glacier, Antarctica | website = Geographical Names | publisher = | accessdate = 24 January 2018}}