Albone Glacier

Albone Glacier
Location of Nordenskjöld Coast
Location of Albone Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Graham Land
Coordinates	64°13′S 59°42′W / 64.217°S 59.700°W / -64.217; -59.700
Thickness	unknown
Highest elevation	813 m (2,667 ft)
Terminus	Nordenskjöld Coast
Status	unknown

Albone Glacier (

64°13′S 59°42′W / 64.217°S 59.700°W / -64.217; -59.700Coordinates: 64°13′S 59°42′W / 64.217°S 59.700°W / -64.217; -59.700) is a deeply entrenched narrow glacier on the east side of Wolseley Buttress flowing southward from Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.

History[]

Albone Glacier was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from surveys (1960–61) and was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Dan Albone, English designer of the Ivel tractor, the first successful tractor with an internal combustion engine.

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References[]

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Albone Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)