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