Fleet glacier

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Fleet glacier
location James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica )
Coordinates 64 ° 19 ′  S , 57 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 64 ° 19 ′  S , 57 ° 44 ′  W
Fleet Glacier (Antarctic Peninsula)
Fleet glacier
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.

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