Hamblin Glacier
| Hamblin Glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 24 ′ S , 65 ° 13 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Widmark Piedmont Glacier | |
The Hamblin Glacier is a glacier on the Graham Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows into the southeast side of the Widmark-Piedmont Glacier .
Aerial photos by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1955 to 1957, the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey was used for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the British optician Theodore Hamblin (1890–1952), who was involved in the development of the first functional snow goggles in the 1930s .
Web links
- Hamblin Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hamblin Glacier on geographic.org (English)