Noble Glacier

Noble Glacier (62°4′S 58°26′W) is a small glacier lying just north of Flagstaff Glacier on the east side of Keller Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Hugh M. Noble of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), glaciologist at Admiralty Bay in 1957, who made detailed studies of the regime of Flagstaff and Stenhouse Glaciers.

Noble Glacier
Map of King George Island
Location of Noble Glacier in Antarctica
Noble Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationKing George Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°04′00″S 58°26′00″W
Thicknessunknown
Statusunknown

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References
  •  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Noble Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 


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