Hooper Glacier Explained

Hooper Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Palmer Archipelago
Coordinates:-64.7333°N -100°W
Length:3nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Börgen Bay
Status:unknown

Hooper Glacier (-64.7333°N -100°W) is a glacier 3nmi long, flowing from the col north of Mount William into the west side of Börgen Bay, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Peter R. Hooper of FIDS, leader and geologist at the Arthur Harbour station in 1955 and 1956. Gateway Ridge separates Hooper Glacier from William Glacier.

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