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Hamilton Glacier (Edward VII Peninsula)

Coordinates: 77°33′S 157°25′W / 77.550°S 157.417°W / -77.550; -157.417
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Hamilton Glacier
Location of King Edward VII Land (marked in orange) within the Ross Dependency
Map showing the location of Hamilton Glacier
Map showing the location of Hamilton Glacier
Location of Hamilton Glacier in Antarctica
LocationKing Edward VII Land
Coordinates77°33′S 157°25′W / 77.550°S 157.417°W / -77.550; -157.417
Length5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusCape 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

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  1. ^ "Hamilton Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-18.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Hamilton Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

77°33′S 157°25′W / 77.550°S 157.417°W / -77.550; -157.417