Hulbe glacier
| Hulbe glacier | ||
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| location | Siple Island , Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| length | 16 km | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 47 ′ S , 125 ° 55 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Getz Ice Shelf | |
The Hulbe Glacier is a 16 km long glacier on the Siple Island off the Bakutis coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It drains the north side of the island and flows into the Getz Ice Shelf .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2003 after the American geologist and glaciologist Christina L. Hulbe from Portland State University , who had been involved in theory and practice with ice movements in Antarctica since 1990 .
Web links
- Hulbe Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hulbe Glacier on geographic.org (English)