Gawn Ice Piedmont

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Gawn Ice Piedmont (

79°58′S 160°12′E / 79.967°S 160.200°ECoordinates:

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79°58′S 160°12′E / 79.967°S 160.200°E) is an ice piedmont and snow slope occupying the coastal platform between Darwin Glacier and Byrd Glacier, Antarctica. It was named by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58) for , a radio operator at Scott Base who worked closely with the field parties.^[1]

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^ "Gawn Ice Piedmont". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-18.

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