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Schrader Glacier
Map showing the location of Schrader Glacier
Map showing the location of Schrader Glacier
Location in South Georgia Island
Location South Georgia
Coordinates 54°7′S 37°39′W / 54.117°S 37.650°W / -54.117; -37.650
Thickness unknown
Terminus Wilson Harbour
Status unknown

Schrader Glacier (54°7′S 37°39′W / 54.117°S 37.650°W / -54.117; -37.650) is a small glacier which flows to the head of Wilson Harbour on the south coast of South Georgia. Charted by the German Antarctic Expedition under Wilhelm Filchner, 1911–12, and named for Dr. K. Schrader, leader of the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations based at Royal Bay in 1882–83.

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