Chapman Glacier () is a glacier long and wide in its central part, narrowing to at its mouth, flowing west from the
Dyer Plateau of
Palmer Land
Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...
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George VI Sound
George VI Sound or Canal Jorge VI or Canal Presidente Sarmiento or Canal Seaver or King George VI Sound or King George the Sixth Sound is a major bay/ fault depression, 300 miles (483 km) long and mainly covered by a permanent ice shelf. I ...
immediately south of
Carse Point. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the
British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under
John Rymill
John Riddoch Rymill (13 March 1905 – 7 September 1968) was an Australian polar explorer, who had the rare second clasp added to his Polar Medal.
Early life
Rymill was born at Penola, South Australia, the second son of Robert Rymill (7 J ...
, and named by the
UK Antarctic Place-names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) an ...
in 1954 for
Frederick S. Chapman, British mountaineer and Arctic explorer, who in 1934 brought 64 dogs from
West Greenland
Kitaa, originally Vestgrønland ("West Greenland"), is a former administrative division of Greenland. It was by far the most populated of the divisions, being home to almost 90% of the total population. The divisions were de facto replaced by s ...
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England
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for the use of the BGLE, 1934–37.
See also
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Renner Peak, the dominant peak between Chapman and
Naess Glacier
Naess Glacier is a small glacier, which is separated from Chapman Glacier to the north by a rocky ridge, flowing from the west coast of Palmer Land
Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joi ...
s
References
External links
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Glaciers of Palmer Land
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