Chambers Glacier

Chambers Glacier
Location of Chambers Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Queen Elizabeth Land
Coordinates	83°17′S 49°25′W / 83.283°S 49.417°W / -83.283; -49.417
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Support Force Glacier
Status	unknown

Chambers Glacier (83°17′S 49°25′W / 83.283°S 49.417°W / -83.283; -49.417Coordinates: 83°17′S 49°25′W / 83.283°S 49.417°W / -83.283; -49.417) is a glacier in the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains, draining east from Mount Lechner and Kent Gap, at the juncture of Saratoga Table and Lexington Table, to enter Support Force Glacier. It was discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956, on a transcontinental patrol plane flight of U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to the vicinity of the Weddell Sea and return. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Captain Washington I. Chambers, U.S. Navy, one of the pioneers in the development of the airplane catapult for ships.^[1]

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References[]

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Chambers Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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