Alberts Glacier (66°52′S 64°53′W) is a heavily crevassed glacier in Antarctica. It is about 8 miles (13 km) long, and flows east from Avery Plateau, Graham Land, until entering Mill Inlet between Balch Glacier and Southard Promontory.

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Alberts Glacier
Location of Alberts Glacier in Antarctica
Type	heavily crevassed
Location	Graham Land
Coordinates	66°52′S 64°53′W
Length	7 nmi (13 km; 8 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Highest elevation	155 m (509 ft)
Terminus	Mill Inlet
Status	unknown

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The glacier was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1968. It was delineated from these photographs by Directorate of Overseas Surveys, 1980, and positioned from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947–57. In association with the names of Antarctic historians around the area, it was named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Fred G. Alberts, an American toponymist, and secretary of the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names 1949–80.

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

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