Melville Glacier

Melville Glacier (65°28′S 62°10′W / 65.467°S 62.167°W / -65.467; -62.167) is a glacier, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, between Mapple Glacier and Pequod Glacier on the east coast of Graham Land. It flows into Exasperation Inlet southward of Mount Ahab. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947 and 1955. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Herman Melville (1819–91), author of Moby Dick. Other features in the area are named after characters in the story.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Melville Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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