Gillett Ice Shelf

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Gillett Ice Shelf (

69°35′S 159°42′E / 69.583°S 159.700°ECoordinates:

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69°35′S 159°42′E / 69.583°S 159.700°E) is a narrow ice shelf occupying an indentation of the coast off the Wilson Hills between the peninsula containing the Holladay Nunataks and the Anderson Peninsula. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain , USCG, who served on the USCGC operations, December 1966 to May 1970.^[1]

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^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gillett Ice Shelf

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