Gilbert Glacier

Gilbert Glacier (70°0′S 71°0′W) is a glacier about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long flowing south from Nichols Snowfield into Mozart Ice Piedmont, situated in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica.

Gilbert Glacier
Location of Gilbert Glacier in Antarctica
LocationAlexander Island
Coordinates70°00′S 71°00′W
Length20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusMozart Ice Piedmont
Statusunknown

Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1960. Named in association with Sullivan Glacier, after Sir William S. Gilbert (1836–1911), the British librettist, by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), 1977.[1]

See also

Further reading
• M. Braun, A. Humbert, and A. Moll, Changes of Wilkins Ice Shelf over the past 15 years and inferences on its stability, The Cryosphere, 3, 41–56, 2009 www.the-cryosphere.net/3/41/2009/

References
  1. "Gilbert Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.



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