Gopher Glacier

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Gopher Glacier (73°28′S 94°0′W / 73.467°S 94.000°W / -73.467; -94.000Coordinates: 73°28′S 94°0′W / 73.467°S 94.000°W / -73.467; -94.000) is a glacier descending from Christoffersen Heights and draining north between Bonnabeau Dome and Anderson Dome, in the Jones Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped and named by the University of Minnesota Jones Mountains Party, 1960–61; "Gopher" is the nickname of the University of Minnesota and of the State.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Gopher Glacier". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-30. 

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