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Glacier in Antarctica

Gjel Glacier
Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
Location of Gjel Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Queen Maud Land
Coordinates	71°53′S 24°55′E / 71.883°S 24.917°E / -71.883; 24.917
Length	17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Sør Rondane Mountains
Status	unknown

Gjel Glacier (71°53′S 24°55′E / 71.883°S 24.917°E / -71.883; 24.917) is a glacier, 17 nautical miles (31 km) long, flowing north between the steep cliffs of the Luncke Range and Mefjell Mountain, in the Sør Rondane Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named Gjelbreen (the ravine glacier).

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Alphabetic	List of glaciers in the Antarctic: A–H List of glaciers in the Antarctic: I–Z
By territory	Adélie Land Bouvet Island Coats Land Ellsworth Land Enderby Land Graham Land Heard Island and McDonald Islands James Ross Island and Graham Land Kaiser Wilhelm II Land Kemp Land Mac. Robertson Land Marie Byrd Land Oates Land Palmer Archipelago and Graham Land Palmer Land Princess Elizabeth Land Queen Elizabeth Land Queen Mary Land Queen Maud Land Ross Dependency South Georgia South Shetland Islands South Orkney Islands Trinity Peninsula and Graham Land Victoria Land Wilkes Land
Miscellaneous	List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands List of Antarctic ice rises List of Antarctic ice shelves List of Antarctic ice streams List of glaciers List of subantarctic glaciers

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