Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Gilbert Spur (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Gilbert Spur (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ridge (2d)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The mostly ice-covered ridge extending 3.9 km in N-S direction, 2.3 km wide and rising to 1900 m in the southern part of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains. Situated at the confluence of Bender Glacier and Nimitz Glacier, 2.1 km S of Chaplin Peak, 8.5 km SW of Mount Strybing, 10.5 km W of Mount Liptak, and 11.7 km E by N of Mount Fisek in Bastien Range. US mapping in 1961 and 1988. Named after Joseph Gilbert (1732-1821), Master of HMS Resolution during the 1772-75 exploration voyage of James Cook, who, along with William Hodges, produced the first paintings from the Antarctic region.
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