Hamilton Glacier (Edward VII Peninsula)

Hamilton Glacier
Location of King Edward VII Land (marked in orange) within the Ross Dependency
Map showing the location of Hamilton Glacier
Location of Hamilton Glacier in Antarctica
Location King Edward VII Land
Coordinates 77°33′S 157°25′W / 77.550°S 157.417°W / -77.550; -157.417
Length 5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Cape Colbeck
Status unknown

Hamilton Glacier is a glacier about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long draining northwest from Edward VII Peninsula south of Cape Colbeck, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Gordon S. Hamilton of the faculty, University of Maine, who was a theoretical and field researcher of ice motion in the West Antarctic ice stream area from the 1980s.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hamilton Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-18.

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

Coordinates: 77°33′S 157°25′W / 77.550°S 157.417°W / -77.550; -157.417


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