Gilchrist Glacier
| Gilchrist Glacier | ||
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| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 7 ′ S , 114 ° 6 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Southern ocean | |
The Gilchrist Glacier is a short glacier on the Budd coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It flows into the Southern Ocean 18 km northwest of the Fox Glacier .
The American cartographer Gardner Dean Blodgett (* 1925) mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs of the American Operation Highjump (1946-1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier in 1955 after Edward Gilchrist (1811–1869), ship's doctor on board the sloop USS Vincennes , flagship of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) under the direction of the US polar explorer Charles Wilkes .
Web links
- Gilchrist Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gilchrist Glacier on geographic.org (English)