Gain Glacier

Gain Glacier
Location of Gain Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Palmer Land
Coordinates	71°1′S 61°25′W / 71.017°S 61.417°W / -71.017; -61.417
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Weddell Sea
Status	unknown

Gain Glacier (71°1′S 61°25′W / 71.017°S 61.417°W / -71.017; -61.417Coordinates: 71°1′S 61°25′W / 71.017°S 61.417°W / -71.017; -61.417) is a large glacier on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica, flowing northeast from Cat Ridge and entering the Weddell Sea between Imshaug Peninsula and Morency Island. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Louis Gain, a naturalist on the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, and the author of several of the expedition reports on zoology and botany.^[1]

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Gain Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).