Ball Glacier (James Ross Island)

Ball Glacier
James Ross Island group, northeastern Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Ball Glacier (James Ross Island) in Antarctica
Location	James Ross Island
Coordinates	64°20′S 57°22′W / 64.333°S 57.367°W / -64.333; -57.367
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	north-east to Markham Bay (Antarctica) south-east side of James Ross Island
Status	unknown

Ball Glacier is a small glacier separating Redshaw Point from Hamilton Point, flowing north-east to Markham Bay on the south-east side of James Ross Island. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee in 1995 after H. William Ball (b. 1926), Keeper of Paleontology, British Museum (Natural History), 1966–86, and author of Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey Scientific Report No. 24 on fossils from the James Ross Island area.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Ball Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 64°20′S 57°22′W / 64.333°S 57.367°W / -64.333; -57.367