Gjelsvik track
| Gjelsvik track | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Cook Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 18 ′ S , 156 ° 19 ′ E | |
The Gjelsvik Spur is a rock spur in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Butcher Ridge of the Cook Mountains it rises 3 km northwest of Mount Ayres .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2001 after the US geophysicist Per Gjelsvik from the University of Wisconsin – Madison , who was involved in aeromagnetic surveying work in the area of the Transantarctic Mountains bordering the Ross Ice Shelf between 1963 and 1964 .
Web links
- Gjelsvik track in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gjelsvik Spur on geographic.org (English)