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Bertrab Glacier
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Bertrab Glacier in summer
Map showing the location of Bertrab Glacier
Map showing the location of Bertrab Glacier
Location in South Georgia Island
Location South Georgia
Coordinates 54°37′S 35°57′W / 54.617°S 35.950°W / -54.617; -35.950
Thickness unknown
Terminus Gold Harbour
Status unknown

Bertrab Glacier (54°37′S 35°57′W / 54.617°S 35.950°W / -54.617; -35.950) is a small glacier at the head of Gold Harbour, at the east end of South Georgia. It was charted by the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm Filchner, and named by him for General von Bertrab, Chief Quartermaster in the German General Staff and Chief of the Land Survey, who was chairman of the expedition.

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