Hamilton Glacier (Edward VII Peninsula)

Glacier in Antarctica

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 / -77.550; -157.417
Length	5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Cape Colbeck
Status	unknown

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.

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Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Nunatak P-form Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Suncup Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glaciofluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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