Wilckens Gully (64°22′S 56°57′W) is a water-cut ravine eroded into clay-rich rocks on east side of Spath Peninsula, Snow Hill Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1995 after Professor Otto Wilckens (1876–1943), eminent German paleontologist and author of an important paper documenting the results of the SwedAD, 1901-04.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Wilckens Gully" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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