Roald Glacier
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 Map of Coronation Island (center) with the Roald Glacier |
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| location | Coronation Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 40 ′ S , 45 ° 16 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Gibbon Bay | |
The Roald Glacier is a glacier on Coronation Island in the archipelago of the Southern Orkney Islands . It flows from the vicinity of Mount Noble and Mount Sladen in an easterly direction to Gibbon Bay .
The Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle mapped and named it between 1912 and 1915. It is probably named after the factory ship Roald Amundsen , which in turn is named after the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyed the glacier between 1948 and 1949.
Web links
- Roald Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Roald Glacier on geographic.org (English)