Gaussiran Glacier is a
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...
in the eastern part of the
Britannia Range, Antarctica. It drains north from the saddle with
Merrick Glacier
Merrick Glacier () is a steep tributary glacier just east of Sennet Glacier in the Britannia Range in Antarctica, descending southwestward to enter Byrd Glacier at the west end of Horney Bluff. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic ...
to a juncture with
Darwin Glacier between the
Cranfield Icefalls
The Cranfield Icefalls are a series of about eight spectacular icefalls, in an east–west line, falling steeply from Bucknell Ridge into the narrowest portion of Darwin Glacier near its mouth. The feature was named by the Darwin Glacier Party of ...
and the
Nebraska Peaks. It is separated from
Alley Glacier
The Alley Glacier () is a glacier in Antarctica that drains the north slopes of Britannia Range in the vicinity of Ward Tower and flows north to Darwin Glacier. It is separated from Gaussiran Glacier by a series of large rock buttresses, inc ...
by a series of large rock buttresses, including
Robertson Buttress.
It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
after Lieutenant
C.D. Gaussiran,
U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...
, a pilot with the
VXE-6
Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6 or ANTARCTIC DEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins) was a United States Navy air test and evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California with forwa ...
detachment at Darwin Glacier Field Camp, 1978–79.
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See also
* List of glaciers in the Antarctic
There are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow, rather than general bodies of ice. Th ...
* Glaciology
Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ice.
Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, climato ...
References
Glaciers of Oates Land
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