Gregory Glacier

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Gregory Glacier (

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64°8′S 60°48′W / 64.133°S 60.800°W / -64.133; -60.800Coordinates: 64°8′S 60°48′W / 64.133°S 60.800°W / -64.133; -60.800) is a glacier flowing into Cierva Cove north of Breguet Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. The glacier was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for , an American pioneer in the development and use of helicopters.[1][2]

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  1. ^ James W. Williams, A History of Army Aviation: From Its Beginnings to the War on Terror, P 32
  2. ^ "Gregory Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-07.

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