Roald Glacier facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Roald Glacier
Location in South Orkney Islands
Location	South Orkney Islands
Coordinates	60°39′S 45°13′W / 60.650°S 45.217°W / -60.650; -45.217
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Gibbon Bay
Status	unknown

Roald Glacier (60°39′S 45°13′W / 60.650°S 45.217°W / -60.650; -45.217) is a glacier which flows from the vicinity of Mount Noble and Mount Sladen eastward into Gibbon Bay, on the east coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Chartered and named by the Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorle in the period 1912–15. Surveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS).