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[[File:Albanus Glacier.jpg|350px|thumb|Map of the Albanus Glacier]] | |||
'''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]]. | '''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== | ==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. | 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 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. | |||
[[Category:Glaciers]] | [[Category:Glaciers]] | ||