Noble Glacier (62°4′S 58°26′W / 62.067°S 58.433°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 Glacier.
Noble Glacier | |
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Location of Noble Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | King George Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°04′00″S 58°26′00″W / 62.06667°S 58.43333°W |
Thickness | unknown |
Status | unknown |
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