Gerasimou Glacier
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Gerasimou Glacier is a steep-walled tributary glacier, 5 mi long, entering the W side of Shackleton Glacier
opposite Gemini Nunataks
, in the Queen Maud Mountains
. Named by the Texas Tech-Shackleton Glacier Party, 1964-65, for Helen Gerasimou, polar personnel specialist with the Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation.
Shackleton Glacier
Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from 8 to 16 km wide, descending from the polar plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount Speed and Waldron Spurs. The Roberts Massif...
opposite Gemini Nunataks
Gemini Nunataks
Gemini Nunataks are two nunataks of similar size and appearance in a prominent position near the west wall of Shackleton Glacier, just southeast of Mount Cole. Named by F. Alton Wade, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Party , after the constellation Gemini, which contains the twin stars...
, in the Queen Maud Mountains
Queen Maud Mountains
The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the polar plateau in Antarctica...
. Named by the Texas Tech-Shackleton Glacier Party, 1964-65, for Helen Gerasimou, polar personnel specialist with the Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation.