| Noble Glacier | |
|---|---|
 Map of King George Island | |
  Location of Noble Glacier in Antarctica  Noble Glacier (Antarctica) | |
| Location | King George Island South Shetland Islands |
| Coordinates | 62°04′00″S 58°26′00″W / 62.06667°S 58.43333°W |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Status | unknown |
Noble Glacier (62°4′S 58°26′W / 62.067°S 58.433°W) is a small glacier lying just north of Flagstaff Glacier on the east side of Keller Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Hugh M. Noble of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), glaciologist at Admiralty Bay in 1957, who made detailed studies of the regime of Flagstaff and Stenhouse Glacier.
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