Gildea Glacier facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Gildea Glacier |
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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
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 Location in Antarctica
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| Type | tributary |
| Location | Ellsworth Land |
| Coordinates | 78°38′00″S 85°39′00″W / 78.63333°S 85.65000°W |
| Length | 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) |
| Width | 2.7 nautical miles (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Nimitz Glacier |
| Status | unknown |
The Gildea Glacier is a large river of ice located in Antarctica. It is about 10 kilometres (6 mi) long and 5 kilometres (3 mi) wide. This glacier flows towards the southwest from a place called Craddock Massif. It moves between two mountains, Mount Slaughter and Mount Atkinson.
Finally, Gildea Glacier joins another big glacier, the Nimitz Glacier. Both are part of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains. The top part of Gildea Glacier also gets more ice from Hammer Col and the southern side of Vinson Massif.
How Gildea Glacier Got Its Name
The Gildea Glacier was given its name in 2006. This was done by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names. This committee is a group that decides names for places in Antarctica. They named the glacier after a person named Damien Gildea.
Damien Gildea is an explorer from Australia. He led many trips to the Sentinel Range and Livingston Island. These trips happened between 2000 and 2007. He was part of a group called the Omega Foundation.
In 2005, Damien Gildea climbed Mount Craddock. He also helped create an important map in 2006. This map showed the Vinson Massif area in great detail. It was published by the Omega Foundation.
