Gillock Glacier
Gillock Glacier is a glacier 5 nautical miles long, flowing north from Mount Walnum to the west of Smalegga Ridge, in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named for Lieutenant Robert A.- Glacier with an elevation of around 1,450 metres (4,760 feet)
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-72° or 72° south
Longitude
24.13333° or 24° 8′ east
Open location code
2GW6242M+28
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gillock Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gillock Glacier”
- Chinese: “吉洛克冰川”
- German: “Gillockbreen”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Gillock”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gillockbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gillockbreen”
- Norwegian: “Gillockbreen”
- Swedish: “Gillock Glacier”
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Highlights include Blaiklockfjellet and Ellis Glacier.
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