Gjel_Glacier

Gjel Glacier

Gjel Glacier

Glacier in Antarctica

Gjel Glacier (71°53′S 24°55′E) is a glacier, 17 nautical miles (31 km) long, flowing north between the steep cliffs of the Luncke Range and Mefjell Mountain, in the Sør Rondane Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named Gjelbreen (the ravine glacier).[1]

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    "Gjel Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

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