Gillock Glacier

Gillock Glacier
Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Gillock Glacier
Location of Gillock Glacier in Antarctica
Location Queen Maud Land
Coordinates 72°0′S 24°8′E / 72.000°S 24.133°E / -72.000; 24.133Coordinates: 72°0′S 24°8′E / 72.000°S 24.133°E / -72.000; 24.133
Length 5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Sør Rondane Mountains
Status unknown

Gillock Glacier (72°0′S 24°8′E / 72.000°S 24.133°E / -72.000; 24.133) is a glacier 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, flowing north from Mount Walnum to the west of Smalegga Ridge, in the Sor Rondane Mountains.

Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named for Lieutenant Robert A. Gillock, U.S. Navy, navigator on Operation Highjump photographic flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14° and 164° East.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gillock Glacier



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