Chamberlin Glacier Explained

Chamberlin Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Graham Land
Coordinates:-67.5667°N -65.55°W
Thickness:unknown
Elevation Max:549m (1,801feet)
Terminus:Whirlwind Inlet
Status:unknown

Chamberlin Glacier is a glacier on the east side of Hemimont Plateau which flows northeast into Whirlwind Inlet about 4nmi southeast of Matthes Glacier, on the east coast of Graham Land.

History

Chamberlin Glacier was discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins on a flight of December 20, 1928, and in 1940 was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service. It was charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, who named it for American glaciologist and geomorphologist Thomas C. Chamberlin, educator and professor of geology at the Universities of Wisconsin and Chicago.

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