Gopher Glacier
| Gopher Glacier | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Jones Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 28 ′ S , 94 ° 0 ′ W | |
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The Gopher Glacier is a coastal glacier in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Jones Mountains, it flows north from Christoffersen Heights between the Bonnabeau Dome and the Anderson Dome .
Participants in a University of Minnesota expedition to the Jones Mountains (1960–1961) mapped him. Its name is derived from the nickname "Gopher" (slang term for the thirteen-stripe croissant in the United States) for the university and the US state of Minnesota .
Web links
- Gopher Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gopher Glacier on geographic.org (English)