Gillespie Glacier

Gillespie Glacier (85°11′S 175°12′W) 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.[1]

Gillespie Glacier
Location of Gillespie Glacier in Antarctica
Typetributary
LocationRoss Dependency
Coordinates85°11′S 175°12′W
Thicknessunknown
TerminusShackleton Glacier
Statusunknown

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