Gjel Glacier Explained

Gjel Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Queen Maud Land
Coordinates:-71.8833°N 79°W
Length:17nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Sør Rondane Mountains
Status:unknown

Gjel Glacier (-71.8833°N 79°W) is a glacier, 17nmi 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).

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