Fleet glacier
Fleet glacier | ||
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location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
Coordinates | 64 ° 19 ′ S , 57 ° 44 ′ W | |
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drainage | Swift Bay |
The Fleet Glacier (from English fleet 'volatile' ) is a glacier on the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It flows into confluence with the Swift Glacier, neighboring to the east, in the head end of Swift Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee gave it its name based on the naming of its neighboring glacier in 2006.
Web links
- Fleet Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)