Hampton Glacier

Hampton Glacier

Icebergs from the Hampton Glacier calving into the Schokalsky Bay.
Location

Location

Location Alexander Island, Antarctica
Coordinates 69°20′S 70°5′W / 69.333°S 70.083°W / -69.333; -70.083Coordinates: 69°20′S 70°5′W / 69.333°S 70.083°W / -69.333; -70.083
Length 25 nautical miles (46 km)
Width 5 nautical miles (9 km)
Terminus Schokalsky Bay

Hampton Glacieris a glacier lying between Mount Hahn and Mount Nicholas in the northeast part of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It is 25 nautical miles (46 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, and flows north-northeast along the west wall of the Douglas Range into Schokalsky Bay.

The glacier was first photographed from the air during a flight up it in 1937 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE). Its mouth was surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and later named for Wilfred E. Hampton of the BGLE, who piloted the airplane that made the above mentioned flight.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hampton Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-20.

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