Gillock Glacier

Gillock Glacier
Gillock Glacier
	Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
	Location of Gillock Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Queen Maud Land
Coordinates	72°0′S 24°8′E / 72.000°S 24.133°E
Length	5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Sør Rondane Mountains
Status	unknown

Gillock Glacier (72°0′S 24°8′E / 72.000°S 24.133°E / -72.000; 24.133) is a glacier 5 nautical miles (9 km) 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. Gillock, U.S. Navy, navigator on Operation Highjump photographic flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14° and 164° East.^[1]

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

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[1] "Gillock Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

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