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On 29 January 2024, Baroness Suryavanshi-Vinita Singh of [[Goodwin Peak|Goodwin]] was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Duchess of Albanus in recognition of her support of [[Westarctica]]. Her title is named in connection with this glacier. | On 29 January 2024, Baroness Suryavanshi-Vinita Singh of [[Goodwin Peak|Goodwin]] was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Duchess of Albanus in recognition of her support of [[Westarctica]]. Her title is named in connection with this glacier. | ||
==Protection by the government== | |||
On 20 April 2025, [[Grand Duke Travis]] protected a large portion of the glacier under the oversight of the [[Westarctican Parks Service]] as part of [[Gothic National Monument]]. It was protected in the first group of sites named by the government. | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:32, 25 April 2025
Albanus Glacier (85°52′S 149°0′W), also known as Phillips Glacier, is a 25-nautical-mile (46 km; 29 mi) long glacier flowing west along the south side of the Tapley Mountains to enter Scott Glacier just north of Mount Zanuck, in the Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica.
Discovery and name
The glacier was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn. Richard E. Byrd named it in honor of Albanus Phillips, Jr., president of Phillips Packing in Cambridge, Maryland, a patron of, and supplier of provisions to, his Antarctic expeditions of 1928–30 and 1933–35.
Peerage title
On 29 January 2024, Baroness Suryavanshi-Vinita Singh of Goodwin was granted the peerage title Duchess of Albanus in recognition of her support of Westarctica. Her title is named in connection with this glacier.
Protection by the government
On 20 April 2025, Grand Duke Travis protected a large portion of the glacier under the oversight of the Westarctican Parks Service as part of Gothic National Monument. It was protected in the first group of sites named by the government.