Gillespie Glacier

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Gillespie Glacier
Map showing the location of Gillespie Glacier
Map showing the location of Gillespie Glacier
Location of Gillespie Glacier in Antarctica
Typetributary
LocationRoss Dependency
Coordinates85°11′S 175°12′W / 85.183°S 175.200°W / -85.183; -175.200
Thicknessunknown
TerminusShackleton Glacier
Statusunknown

Gillespie Glacier (

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85°11′S 175°12′W / 85.183°S 175.200°W / -85.183; -175.200) is a small tributary glacier just southwest of Mount Kenyon, descending the west slopes of the Cumulus Hills to enter Shackleton Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for , United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) physicist at South Pole Station, winter 1962.[1]

See also[]

  • List of glaciers in the Antarctic
  • Glaciology

References[]

  1. ^ "Gillespie Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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