Gilchrist Glacier

Gilchrist Glacier
Map of Antarctica, with Wilkes Land slightly to the right
Map showing the location of Gilchrist Glacier
Location of Gilchrist Glacier in Antarctica
Location Wilkes Land
Coordinates 66°07′S 114°06′E / 66.117°S 114.100°E / -66.117; 114.100
Length 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Budd Coast
Status unknown

Gilchrist Glacier (66°7′S 114°6′E / 66.117°S 114.100°E / -66.117; 114.100) 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 Dr. Edward Gilchrist, Acting Surgeon on the sloop Wilkes.[1]

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