Chambers Glacier
| Chambers Glacier | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Forrestal Range , Pensacola Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 17 ′ S , 49 ° 25 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Support Force Glacier | |
The Chambers Glacier is a glacier in the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains in the West Antarctic Queen Elizabeth Land . It flows in an easterly direction from Mount Lechner and the Kent Gap at the junction of Saratoga Table and Lexington Table to the Support Force Glacier .
He was discovered and photographed during the transcontinental flight carried out by the United States Navy on January 13, 1956 as part of the first Operation Deep Freeze from McMurdo Sound to the Weddell Sea and back. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1957 after Washington Irving Chambers (1856-1931), a pioneer in the development of catapult launches on aircraft carriers.
Web links
- Chambers Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chambers Glacier on geographic.org (English)