Jacobel Glacier is a glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

 about 30 miles (48 km) long draining to the Sulzberger Ice Shelf south of Hershey Ridge

Hershey Ridge

Hershey Ridge is a low, ice-covered ridge trending in a NW-SE direction for about 30 miles between McKinley Peak and the Haines Mountains, in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered in 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, and named for Garland Hershey, Asst...

. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) after Robert W. Jacobel, Grace A. Whittier Chair of Physics, St. Olaf College

St. Olaf College

St. Olaf College is a coeducational, residential, four-year, private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American immigrant pastors and farmers, led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after Olaf II of Norway,...

, Northfield, Minnesota, Antarctic researcher from the 1980s to the present; research interests include the combination of ground based radar and ice core studies in West Antarctica

West Antarctica

West Antarctica, or Lesser Antarctica, one of the two major regions of Antarctica, is the part of the continent that lies within the Western Hemisphere including the Antarctic Peninsula.-Location and description:...

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