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Scoble Glacier

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Scoble Glacier
Map showing the location of Scoble Glacier
Map showing the location of Scoble Glacier
Location of Scoble Glacier in Antarctica
LocationMac. Robertson Land
Coordinates67°23′S 60°27′E / 67.383°S 60.450°E / -67.383; 60.450
Length4 nmi (7 km; 5 mi)
Thicknessunknown
Statusunknown

Scoble Glacier (67°23′S 60°27′E / 67.383°S 60.450°E / -67.383; 60.450) is a glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Campbell Head in Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Breoddane (the glacier points). Renamed by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Charles H. Scoble, diesel engineer at Macquarie Island station, who drowned in July 1948.

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