Gaussiran Glacier
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Gaussiran Glacier is a glacier
in the east part of Britannia Range. It drains north from the saddle with Merrick Glacier
to a juncture with Darwin Glacier
between Cranfield Icefalls
and Nebraska Peaks
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) after Lieutenant C.D. Gaussiran, U.S. Navy, a pilot with the VXE-6
detachment at Darwin Glacier Field Camp, 1978-79.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
in the east part of Britannia Range. It drains north from the saddle with Merrick Glacier
Merrick Glacier
Merrick Glacier is a steep tributary glacier just east of Sennet Glacier in Britannia Range, descending southwestward to enter Byrd Glacier at the west end of Horney Bluff. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names , in association with nearby Byrd Glacier, for the USS Merrick, cargo ship of...
to a juncture with Darwin Glacier
Darwin Glacier (Antarctica)
Darwin Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau eastward between the Darwin and Cook Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf. The glacier was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition , and the whole area traversed by New Zealand parties of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic...
between Cranfield Icefalls
Cranfield Icefalls
Cranfield Icefalls is a series of about eight spectacular icefalls, in an east-west line, falling steeply from Bucknell Ridge into the narrowest portion of Darwin Glacier near its mouth. Named by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition for W.J. Cranfield, a member...
and Nebraska Peaks
Nebraska Peaks
Nebraska Peaks is a scattered group of peaks and nunataks which lie east of Gaussiran Glacier and Merrick Glacier in the east part of Britannia Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, which was the location of the Ross Ice Shelf Project...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) after Lieutenant C.D. Gaussiran, U.S. Navy, a pilot with the VXE-6
VXE-6
VXE-6, Antarctic Development Squadron 6 , commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins was a United States Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
detachment at Darwin Glacier Field Camp, 1978-79.