Gabites glacier
| Gabites glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Willett Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 21 ′ S , 160 ° 33 ′ E | |
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The Gabites Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Willett Range it lies on the front wall of the Caffin Valley 500 m west of the head end of the Walker Glacier .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it in 2005 after Helen Isobel Gabites, a member of the geological team in a 1982-1983 campaign by Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions to Mount Bastion and the Allan Hills .
Web links
- Gabites Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gabites Glacier on geographic.org (English)