Gillock Glacier
Gillock Glacier (72°0′S 24°8′E) 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.
| Gillock Glacier | |
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.svg.png) Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica | |
  Location of Gillock Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Location | Queen Maud Land |
| Coordinates | 72°0′S 24°8′E |
| Length | 5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Sør Rondane Mountains |
| Status | unknown |
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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