Gilchrist_Glacier

Gilchrist Glacier

Gilchrist Glacier

Glacier in Antarctica

Gilchrist Glacier (66°7′S 114°6′E) is a short channel glacier flowing to Budd Coast 9 nautical miles (17 km) northwest of Fox Glacier. Delineated by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Edward Gilchrist, Acting Surgeon on the sloop Wilkes.[1]

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    "Gilchrist Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.


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