Gillespie Glacier
| Gillespie Glacier | |
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  Location of Gillespie Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Type | tributary |
| Location | Ross Dependency |
| Coordinates | 85°11′S 175°12′W / 85.183°S 175.200°W / -85.183; -175.200 |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Shackleton Glacier |
| Status | unknown |
Gillespie Glacier (85°11′S 175°12′W / 85.183°S 175.200°W / -85.183; -175.200) is a small tributary glacier just southwest of Mount Kenyon, descending the west slopes of the Cumulus Hills to enter Shackleton Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lester F. Gillespie, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) physicist at South Pole Station, winter 1962.[1]
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