Gregory Glacier (64°8′S 60°48′W / 64.133°S 60.800°W) is a glacier flowing into Cierva Cove north of Breguet Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. The glacier was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Hollingsworth Franklin Gregory, an American pioneer in the development and use of helicopters.[1][2]
Further reading
- M. G. Laird, G. D. Mansergh & J. M. A. Chappell (1971), Geology of the Central Nimrod Glacier area, Antarctica, PP 436 – 437, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 14:3, 427–468, DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1971.10421939
External links
- Gregory Glacier Copernix satellite image
References
- ↑ James W. Williams, A History of Army Aviation: From Its Beginnings to the War on Terror, P 32
- ↑ "Gregory Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
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