Hampton Glacier

Hampton Glacier
Icebergs from the Hampton Glacier calving into the Schokalsky Bay.
Map showing the location of Hampton Glacier
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 nmi (46 km; 29 mi)
Width 5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Schokalsky Bay
Status unknown

Hampton Glacier is 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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