Gould Glacier
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Gould Glacier is a glacier
, 12 miles (19 km) long, on the east coast of Graham Land
, flowing south-east into Mill Inlet
, to the west of Aagaard Glacier
. It was first surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1946–47, and named East Gould Glacier. Together with West Gould Glacier it was reported to fill a transverse depression across Graham Land, but further survey in 1957 showed that there is no close topographical alignment between the two. The name Gould Glacier, after Rupert T. Gould, a British polar historian and cartographer, is now only applied to this glacier, and the west glacier is now called Erskine Glacier
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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...
, 12 miles (19 km) long, on the east coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, flowing south-east into Mill Inlet
Mill Inlet
Mill Inlet is an ice-filled inlet which recedes 8 miles in a northwest direction and is some 20 miles wide at its entrance between Cape Robinson and Monnier Point, along the east coast of Graham Land. It was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1947 and named for Hugh Robert Mill...
, to the west of Aagaard Glacier
Aagaard Glacier
Aagaard Glacier , also known as Glaciar Alderete, is a long Antarctic glacier which lies close to the east of Gould Glacier and flows in a southerly direction into Mill Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land...
. It was first surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1946–47, and named East Gould Glacier. Together with West Gould Glacier it was reported to fill a transverse depression across Graham Land, but further survey in 1957 showed that there is no close topographical alignment between the two. The name Gould Glacier, after Rupert T. Gould, a British polar historian and cartographer, is now only applied to this glacier, and the west glacier is now called Erskine Glacier
Erskine Glacier
Erskine Glacier is a glacier 16 nautical miles long on the west coast of Graham Land, flowing west into Darbel Bay to the north of Hopkins Glacier. First surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1946-47, and named West Gould Glacier...
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