This page presents the geographical name data for
Hampton 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):
Hampton Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
6304
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
69° 20' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
070° 05' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-69.3333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-70.0833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1955
Description
(see definition):
Glacier in the NE part of Alexander Island, 25 mi long and 5 mi wide, which flows NNE along the W wall of Douglas Range to Schokalsky Bay. First photographed from the air during a flight up this glacier in 1937 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE). The mouth of the glacier was surveyed in 1948 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and later named for Wilfred E. Hampton of the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, who piloted the airplane that made the above mentioned flight in 1937.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Hampton 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
Hampton Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Hampton Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.