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Gilbert Glacier

Coordinates: 70°0′S 71°0′W / 70.000°S 71.000°W / -70.000; -71.000
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Gilbert Glacier
Map showing the location of Gilbert Glacier
Map showing the location of Gilbert Glacier
Location of Gilbert Glacier in Antarctica
LocationAlexander Island
Coordinates70°00′S 71°00′W / 70.000°S 71.000°W / -70.000; -71.000
Length20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusMozart Ice Piedmont
Statusunknown

Gilbert Glacier (70°0′S 71°0′W / 70.000°S 71.000°W / -70.000; -71.000) is a glacier about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long flowing south from Nichols Snowfield into Mozart Ice Piedmont, situated in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica.

Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1960. Named in association with Sullivan Glacier, after Sir William S. Gilbert (1836–1911), the British librettist, by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), 1977.[1]

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  1. ^ "Gilbert Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.