Hobbs Glacier (West Antarctica)
| Hobbs glacier | ||
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| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 17 ′ S , 57 ° 29 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Markham Bay | |
The Hobbs Glacier is a glacier on the east coast of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It flows from a steep-walled mountain basin on the northwest side of Hamilton Point in a south-easterly direction in the southern part of Markham Bay .
It was discovered and first mapped by participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) led by Otto Nordenskjöld . Nordenskjöld named the glacier after the American glaciologist William Herbert Hobbs (1864–1953).
Web links
- Hobbs Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hobbs Glacier on geographic.org (English)