Nobile Glacier
Nobile Glacier (64°32′S 61°28′W / 64.533°S 61.467°W / -64.533; -61.467Coordinates: 64°32′S 61°28′W / 64.533°S 61.467°W / -64.533; -61.467) is a glacier flowing into the southeast part of Recess Cove, Charlotte Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Umberto Nobile, Italian designer of the rigid airships Norge and respectively. Glacier is located in the closest part of Antarctica to South America.[1]
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