Mount Noble
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Mount Noble is a mountain
, 1,165 m, standing at the north side of Roald Glacier
2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Gibbon Bay
, in the east portion of Coronation Island
in the South Orkney Islands
. Presumably first sighted by Captain Nathaniel Palmer
and Captain George Powell in 1821. The peak
was named by James Weddell
in 1823 for his friend James Noble
of Edinburgh, orientalist.
Mountain
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, 1,165 m, standing at the north side of Roald Glacier
Roald Glacier
Roald Glacier is a glacier which flows from the vicinity of Mount Noble and Mount Sladen eastward into Gibbon Bay, on the east coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Chartered and named by the Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorle in the period 1912-15. Surveyed in 1948-49 by the...
2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Gibbon Bay
Gibbon Bay
Gibbon Bay is a bay 1 nautical mile long and wide, entered between Rayner Point and The Turret along the east coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The bay was first observed in December 1821 by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, but was more accurately...
, in the east portion of Coronation Island
Coronation Island
Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, long and from wide. The island extends in a general east-west direction, is mainly ice-covered and comprises numerous bays, glaciers and peaks, the highest rising to...
in the South Orkney Islands
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They have a total area of about ....
. Presumably first sighted by Captain Nathaniel Palmer
Nathaniel Palmer
Nathaniel Brown Palmer was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut.-Sealing career and Antarctic exploration:...
and Captain George Powell in 1821. The peak
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
was named by James Weddell
James Weddell
James Weddell was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in the early Spring of 1823 sailed to latitude of 74°15' S and into a region of the Southern Ocean that later became known as the Weddell Sea.-Early life:He entered the merchant service very...
in 1823 for his friend James Noble
James Noble
James Noble was the first U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of Indiana.Noble was born near Berryville, Virginia and moved with his parents to Campbell County, Kentucky when he was 10...
of Edinburgh, orientalist.