Giles Glacier

Giles Glacier (78°40′00″S 84°46′00″W) is a hanging glacier that flows eastward along the south side of Moyher Ridge to Thomas Glacier in the south Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2006 after J. David Giles, Polar Ice Coring Office, University of Nebraska, who supported United States Antarctic Program drilling operations at Taylor Dome, the South Pole, Windless Bight, Siple Dome and Kamb Ice Stream, from 1993 to 1998.

Giles Glacier
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
Location of Giles Glacier in Antarctica
Type	hanging glacier
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	78°40′00″S 84°46′00″W
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Thomas Glacier
Status	unknown

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References

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

Types

Anatomy

Processes

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Volcanic relations

Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Nunatak P-form Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Suncup Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glaciofluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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Glaciers of Ellsworth Land

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