Chapman Glacier (Palmer Land)
Chapman Glacier ( WikiMiniAtlas
70°17′S 67°55′W / 70.283°S 67.917°W / -70.283; -67.917) is a glacier 11 miles (18 km) long and 10 miles (16 km) wide in its central part, narrowing to 3 miles (5 km) at its mouth, flowing west from the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land to George VI Sound immediately south of Carse Point. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under John Rymill, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee in 1954 for , British mountaineer and Arctic explorer, who in 1934 brought 64 dogs from West Greenland to England for the use of the BGLE, 1934–37.
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- Renner Peak, the dominant peak between Chapman and Naess Glaciers
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Chapman Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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