Hamilton Glacier (Edward VII Peninsula)

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Hamilton Glacier
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Location of King Edward VII Land (marked in orange) within the Ross Dependency
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Location of Hamilton Glacier in Antarctica
Location King Edward VII Land
Coordinates 77°33′S157°25′W / 77.550°S 157.417°W / -77.550; -157.417
Length5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi)
Thicknessunknown
Terminus Cape Colbeck
Statusunknown

Hamilton Glacier is a glacier about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long draining northwest from Edward VII Peninsula south of Cape Colbeck, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Gordon S. Hamilton of the faculty, University of Maine, who was a theoretical and field researcher of ice motion in the West Antarctic ice stream area from the 1980s. [1]

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References

  1. "Hamilton Glacier". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2012-05-18.

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Coordinates: 77°33′S157°25′W / 77.550°S 157.417°W / -77.550; -157.417