Gerry Glacier
| Gerry Glacier | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 24 ′ S , 152 ° 5 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Sulzberger Bay | |
The Gerry Glacier is a glacier on the Saunders coast of Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . On the Edward VII Peninsula, it flows north between the Reeves Peninsula and Howard Heights into the head end of Sulzberger Bay .
Aerial photographs were taken during the first (1928–1930) and second Antarctic expeditions (1933–1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier in 1970 at Byrd's suggestion after his friend, the US politician Peter G. Gerry (1879–1957), sponsor of Byrd's second Antarctic expedition.
Web links
- Gerry Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gerry Glacier on geographic.org (English)