Feature Name (see definition): Chambers Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2602

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 83° 17' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 049° 25' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -83.2833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -49.4166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1957

Description (see definition): 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 Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Captain Washington I. Chambers, U.S. Navy (USN), one of the pioneers in the development of the airplane catapult for ships.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data