Gallup Glacier

Gallup Glacier
Location of Gallup Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Ross Dependency
Coordinates	89°09′S 177°50′W / 89.150°S 177.833°W / -89.150; -177.833
Length	12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Shackleton Glacier
Status	unknown

Gallup Glacier (85°9′S 177°50′W / 85.150°S 177.833°W / -85.150; -177.833Coordinates: 85°9′S 177°50′W / 85.150°S 177.833°W / -85.150; -177.833) is a broad glacier, about 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, flowing east between Mount Rosenwald and Mount Black to enter Shackleton Glacier, Antarctica, just north of Matador Mountain. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Commander F.S. Gallup, Jr., U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer of Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze 1965.^[1]

See also

References

↑ "Gallup Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-16.

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

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Volcanic relations

Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glacifluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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