Name details

Chamberlin Glacier

Chamberlin Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Chamberlin Glacier  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108139

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

flowing NE into Whirlwind Inlet, Bowman Coast, was seen from the air by Wilkins on 20 December 1928 and photographed from the air by USAS in 1940; surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1947; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843-1928), American glaciologist and first to discover conclusive evidence of successive glacial stages in the Pleistocene period; Head, Glacial Division, USGS, 1882-1907; Professor of Geology, University of Chicago, 1892-1919 (APC, 1955, p.7; DCS 601 sheet 67 64, 1955).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 34' 00.0" S
-67.56667°
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Longitude:
65° 47' 00.0" W
-65.78333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Jan-1951

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