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Chamberlin Glacier: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Chamberlin Glacier in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Chamberlin Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2601

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 34' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 33' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.5666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.55

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): Glacier which flows NE into Whirlwind Inlet about 4 mi SE of Matthes Glacier, on the E coast of Graham Land. Discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins on a flight of Dec. 20, 1928, and in 1940 was photographed from the air by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS). Charted in 1947 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named it for American glaciologist and geomorphologist Thomas C. Chamberlin, educator and professor of geology at the Universities of Wisconsin and Chicago.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Chamberlin Glacier in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Chamberlin Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Chamberlin Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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