Gilbert Glacier
| Gilbert Glacier | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| length | 32 km | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 50 ′ S , 71 ° 7 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Mozart Piedmont Glacier | |
The Gilbert Glacier is a 32 km long glacier in the north of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It flows south from the Nichols snow field into the Mozart Piedmont Glacier .
Aerial photographs that were taken during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) under the direction of the American polar explorer Finn Ronne were used by the British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960 for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the glacier in 1977 after the British librettist William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911).
Web links
- Gilbert Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gilbert Glacier on geographic.org (English)