Gillett Ice Shelf
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Gillett Ice Shelf is a narrow ice shelf
occupying an indentation of the coast off the Wilson Hills
between the peninsula
containing the Holladay Nunataks
and the Anderson Peninsula
. Mapped by United States Geological Survey
(USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Captain Clarence R. Gillett, USCG, who served on the USCGC operations, December 1966 to May 1970.
Ice shelf
An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are only found in Antarctica, Greenland and Canada. The boundary between the floating ice shelf and the grounded ice that feeds it is called...
occupying an indentation of the coast off the Wilson Hills
Wilson Hills
Wilson Hills is a group of scattered hills, nunataks and ridges that extend NW-SE for about between Matusevich Glacier and Pryor Glacier in Antarctica. They were discovered by Lieutenant Harry Pennell, Royal Navy, on the Terra Nova Expedition in February 1911 during Robert Falcon Scott's last...
between the peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
containing the Holladay Nunataks
Holladay Nunataks
Holladay Nunataks is a cluster of nunataks 3 nautical miles in extent, occupying the central part of the peninsula between the terminus of Tomilin Glacier and the Gillett Ice Shelf Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory...
and the Anderson Peninsula
Anderson Peninsula
Anderson Peninsula is a low ice-covered peninsula, long, terminating in Belousov Point. It lies between Gillett Ice Shelf and Suvorov Glacier on the coastal margin of the Wilson Hills of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S...
. Mapped by United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...
(USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. 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) for Captain Clarence R. Gillett, USCG, who served on the USCGC operations, December 1966 to May 1970.