Nobile glacier
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.jpg) Aerial view of the calving Nobile Glacier from Operation IceBridge 2017 |
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 33 ′ S , 61 ° 26 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Recess Cove | |
The Nobile Glacier is a glacier on the Danco coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows into the southeastern part of Recess Cove , a side bay of Charlotte Bay on Gerlache Strait .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery mapped it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the Italian aviation pioneer Umberto Nobile (1885–1978), who is particularly known for his polar journeys in semi-rigid airships in the 1920s.
Web links
- Nobile Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nobile Glacier on geographic.org (English)