Noble Glacier (62°4′S 58°26′W / 62.067°S 58.433°W / -62.067; -58.433) 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.

Noble Glacier
Map of King George Island
Map showing the location of Noble Glacier
Map showing the location of Noble Glacier
Location of Noble Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Noble Glacier
Map showing the location of Noble Glacier
Noble Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationKing George Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°04′00″S 58°26′00″W / 62.06667°S 58.43333°W / -62.06667; -58.43333
Thicknessunknown
Statusunknown

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  •   This article incorporates public domain material from "Noble Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.