Roald Glacier

Roald Glacier
Map showing the location of Roald Glacier
Location of Roald Glacier in the South Orkney Islands
Location South Orkney Islands
Coordinates 60°39′S 45°13′W / 60.650°S 45.217°W / -60.650; -45.217
Thickness unknown
Terminus Gibbon Bay
Status unknown

Roald Glacier (60°39′S 45°13′W / 60.650°S 45.217°W / -60.650; -45.217Coordinates: 60°39′S 45°13′W / 60.650°S 45.217°W / -60.650; -45.217) is a glacier which flows from the vicinity of Mount Noble and Mount Sladen eastward into Gibbon Bay, on the east coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Chartered and named by the Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorle in the period 1912-15. Surveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS).

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


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