John Fraser Noel (1942-1966) was an engineer from Cardiff, Wales, who died in

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...

in 1966. Noel was a diesel mechanic for the

British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of list of global issues, global issues, and to provide an active prese ...

Stonington Island Stonington Island is a rocky island lying northeast of Neny Island in the eastern part of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It is long from north-west to south-east and wide, yielding an area of . It was formerl ...

in 1965–1966. He died in May 1966, in a sledging accident, trying to save his fellow adventurer Thomas J. Allan, near what was subsequently named

Tragic Corner Tragic Corner () is a bluff rising to about 750 m and marking the northeast end of Boulding Ridge, located between Todd Glacier and McClary Glacier on Fallières Coast. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because ...

off Marguerite Island. Mount Noel in Antarctica, one of the

Traverse Mountains The Traverse Mountains, or sometimes Traverse Range, are an anomalous, geologically complex, east-trending range that separates Salt Lake Valley and Utah Valley in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S. State of Utah. Point of the Mountain is ...

, is named in his memory. Noel had been a member of a

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group in

Llanishen Llanishen (, ''llan'' church + ''Isien'' Saint Isan) is a district and community in the north of Cardiff, Wales. Its population as of the 2011 census was 17,417. Llanishen is the home of the former HMRC tax offices, the tallest buildings i ...

, Cardiff, and there is now a scout hall named after him: Fraser Hall was built for 1st Llanishen scouts.

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1942 births 1966 deaths Accidental deaths in Antarctica 20th-century Welsh engineers {{UK-engineer-stub