Name details

Chambers Glacier

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 123430

Feature type: Glacier (12)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A glacier in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, draining E from Mount Lechner and Kent Gap, at the juncture of the Saratoga and Lexington Tables, to enter Support Force Glacier. Discovered and photographed on Jan. 13, 1956 on a transcontinental patrol plane flight of U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to the vicinity of Weddell Sea and return. Named by the US-ACAN after Capt. Washington I. Chambers, USN, one of the pioneers in the development of the airplane catapult for ships.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
83° 17' 00.0" S
-83.28333°
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Longitude:
49° 25' 00.0" W
-49.41667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1957

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