Barnola Glacier

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Barnola Glacier
location James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica )
length 6 km
width Max. 4 km
Coordinates 64 ° 14 '38 "  S , 58 ° 3' 36"  W Coordinates: 64 ° 14 '38 "  S , 58 ° 3' 36"  W
Barnola Glacier (Antarctic Peninsula)
Barnola Glacier
drainage Röhss Bay

The Barnola Glacier is a 6 km long and 4 km wide glacier on James Ross Island in the Antarctic Weddell Sea . It flows west to Röhss Bay .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2012 after Jean-Marc Barnola, head of the French scientists in the Franco-British drilling project on James Ross and Berkner Islands .

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