Gain Glacier

Gain Glacier (71°1′S 61°25′W) is a large glacier on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica, flowing northeast from Cat Ridge and entering the Weddell Sea between Imshaug Peninsula and Morency Island. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Louis Gain, a naturalist on the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, and the author of several of the expedition reports on zoology and botany.[1]

Gain Glacier
Map showing the location of Gain Glacier
Map showing the location of Gain Glacier
Location of Gain Glacier in Antarctica
LocationPalmer Land
Coordinates71°1′S 61°25′W
Thicknessunknown
TerminusWeddell Sea
Statusunknown

See also

References
  1. "Gain Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-14.

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