Name details

Chapman Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108151

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 SW into George VI Sound, SE of Carse Point, was surveyed by BGLE in October 1936; resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1949; named after Frederick Spencer Chapman (1907-71), British Arctic explorer and mountaineer, who in 1934 brought 64 sledge dogs from West Greenland to England for use on BGLE; member of BAARE and of British Greenland expedition, 1932-33 (APC, 1955, p.7; DCS 601 sheet W 70 66, 1956; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/10, 1-DOS 1974). Lednik Chapmena (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 16' 00.0" S
-70.26667°
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Longitude:
67° 47' 00.0" W
-67.78333°
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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:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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