Sharp Glacier is a
glacier flowing north to the head of
Lallemand Fjord, close east of the
Boyle Mountains
The Boyle Mountains are a wall of mountains standing between the heads of Lallemand Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord, in Graham Land. They were mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from surveys and from air photos, 1946–59, and named by th ...
, in
Graham Land. Mapped by
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1948–59. Named by
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for
Robert P. Sharp
Robert Phillip Sharp (24 June 1911 – 25 May 2004) was an American geomorphologist and expert on the geological surfaces of the Earth and the planet Mars. Sharp served as the chairman of the Division of Geological Sciences at California In ...
, American geologist who has undertaken numerous studies on glaciers and their flow.
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Glaciers of Loubet Coast
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