Gillespie Glacier
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Gillespie Glacier is a small tributary glacier
just southwest of Mount Kenyon
, descending the west slopes of the Cumulus Hills
to enter Shackleton Glacier
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Lester F. Gillespie, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) physicist
at South Pole Station, winter 1962.
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...
just southwest of Mount Kenyon
Mount Kenyon
Mount Kenyon is a mountain, 2,260 m, standing 1 nautical mile northwest of Shenk Peak in the north part of the Cumulus Hills. Named by F. Alton Wade, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition of United States Antarctic Research Program after Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, his Alma...
, descending the west slopes of the Cumulus Hills
Cumulus Hills
Cumulus Hills is a several groups of largely barren hills, divided by the Logie Glacier. They are bounded by Shackleton Glacier on the west, McGregor Glacier on the north and Zaneveld Glacier on the south. The exposed rock in this area was observed on a number of occasions to give rise to the...
to enter Shackleton Glacier
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...
. 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) for Lester F. Gillespie, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
at South Pole Station, winter 1962.