Gallup Glacier
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Gallup Glacier is a broad glacier
, about 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, flowing east between Mount Rosenwald
and Mount Black
to enter Shackleton Glacier
just north of Matador Mountain
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) after Commander F.S. Gallup, Jr., USN. Commanding Officer
of Squadron VX-6
during Operation Deepfreeze 1965.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
, about 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, flowing east between Mount Rosenwald
Mount Rosenwald
Mount Rosenwald is a mountain which forms a distinctive landmark between the heads of Gallup and Baldwin Glaciers in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica....
and Mount Black
Mount Black
Mount Black is a prominent mountain, high, with a gentle snow-covered slope on its southwest side and a steep rock face on its northwest side, forming a part of the polar escarpment just west of Bennett Platform and the upper reaches of Shackleton Glacier. It was discovered and photographed by R...
to enter Shackleton Glacier
Shackleton Glacier
Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from 8 to 16 km wide, descending from the polar plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount Speed and Waldron Spurs. The Roberts Massif...
just north of Matador Mountain
Matador Mountain
Matador Mountain is a prominent, ice-free mountain, 1,950 m, standing at the south side of the mouth of Gallup Glacier where the latter enters Shackleton Glacier. Matador Mountain was named by F. Alton Wade, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition . The name comes from the former...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) after Commander F.S. Gallup, Jr., USN. Commanding Officer
Commanding officer
The commanding officer is the officer in command of a military unit. Typically, the commanding officer has ultimate authority over the unit, and is usually given wide latitude to run the unit as he sees fit, within the bounds of military law...
of Squadron VX-6
VX-6
Air Development Squadron Six was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
during Operation Deepfreeze 1965.