Hamilton Glacier is a glacier about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long draining northwest from Edward VII Peninsula south of Cape Colbeck, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Gordon S. Hamilton of the faculty, University of Maine, who was a theoretical and field researcher of ice motion in the West Antarctic ice stream area from the 1980s.[1]
| Hamilton Glacier | |
|---|---|
 Location of King Edward VII Land (marked in orange) within the Ross Dependency | |
  Location of Hamilton Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Location | King Edward VII Land |
| Coordinates | 77°33′S 157°25′W / 77.550°S 157.417°W |
| Length | 5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Cape Colbeck |
| Status | unknown |
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This article incorporates public domain material from "Hamilton Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
77°33′S 157°25′W / 77.550°S 157.417°W
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