Gavin Ice Piedmont
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Gavin Ice Piedmont is an ice piedmont in Trinity Peninsula
, about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long and between 3 and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, extending from Charcot Bay
to Russell West Glacier
. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960–61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Christopher B. Gavin-Robinson, pilot of Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57).
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the extreme northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about from a line connecting Cape Kjellman and Cape Longing. Dating back more than a century, chartmakers used various names for this portion of the Antarctic peninsula, each name having some...
, about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long and between 3 and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, extending from Charcot Bay
Charcot Bay
Charcot Bay is a bay about wide between Cape Kater and Cape Kjellman along the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld. He named it for Dr...
to Russell West Glacier
Russell West Glacier
Russell West Glacier is a glacier, 11 nautical miles long and 4 nautical miles wide, which lies immediately north of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula westward into Bone Bay on the north side of Trinity Peninsula...
. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960–61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Christopher B. Gavin-Robinson, pilot of Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57).