Hobbs Glacier
Hobbs Ridge is a prominent arc-shaped ridge which circumscribes Hobbs Glacier to the north and northwest and forms the divide with the lower part of Blue Glacier, on the Scott Coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hofman Hill.
Hofman Hill
Peak
Hobbs Ridge is a prominent arc-shaped ridge which circumscribes Hobbs Glacier to the north and northwest and forms the divide with the lower part of Blue Glacier, on the Scott Coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Hofman Hill is situated 4 km south of Hobbs Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chocolate, Cape and Blue Glacier.
Chocolate, Cape
Locality
Koettlitz Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier lying west of Mount Morning and Mount Discovery in the Royal Society Range, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Cocks northeastward between Brown Peninsula and the mainland into the ice shelf of McMurdo Sound. Chocolate, Cape is situated 10 km southeast of Hobbs Glacier.
Blue Glacier
Locality
Blue Glacier is a large glacier which flows into Bowers Piedmont Glacier about 10 nautical miles south of New Harbour, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott, 1901–04, who gave it this name because of its clear blue ice at the time of discovery. Blue Glacier is situated 10 km northwest of Hobbs Glacier.
Hobbs Glacier
- Type: Locality
- Description: glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica
- Category: glacier
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.8902° or 77° 53′ 25″ southLongitude
164.22707° or 164° 13′ 37″ eastOpen location code
2VJ6465G+WROpenStreetMap ID
node 7666500377OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q5874876
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hobbs Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hobbs Glacier”
- Chinese: “霍布斯冰川”
- German: “Hobbs-Gletscher”
- Hebrew: “קרחון הובס”
- Hungarian: “Hobbs-glecser”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Hobbs (Dipendenza di Ross)”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Hobbs”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hobbsbreen i Victoria Land”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hobbsbreen”
- Swedish: “Hobbs Glacier”
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