Giles glacier
| Giles glacier | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Type | Hanging glacier | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 40 ′ S , 84 ° 46 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Thomas Glacier | |
The Giles Glacier is a hanging glacier in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It flows in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains eastward along the south side of the Moyher Ridge to the Thomas Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2006 after the American drilling technician J. David Giles from the Polar Ice Coring Office of the University of Nebraska , who between 1993 and 1998 carried out various drilling projects of the United States Antarctic Program at the Taylor Dome , at the South Pole in the Windless Bight and assisted on the Kamb Ice Stream .
Web links
- Giles Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Giles Glacier on geographic.org (English)