Laws Glacier (60°38′S 45°38′W / 60.633°S 45.633°W / -60.633; -45.633Coordinates: 60°38′S 45°38′W / 60.633°S 45.633°W / -60.633; -45.633) is a confluent glacier system which flows into Marshall Bay on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Richard M. Laws of the FIDS, leader and biologist at Signy Island base in 1948 and 1949, and at South Georgia in 1951.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Laws Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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