Feature Name (see definition): Chapman, Mount

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2630

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 82° 35' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 105° 55' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -82.5833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -105.9166667

Elevation (see definition): 2715

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962

Description (see definition): A triple-peaked mountain (2,715 m) with very steep sides and a large rock cliff on its north side, situated at the western end of the Whitmore Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William H. Chapman of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), cartographer with the Horlick Mountains Traverse (1958-59), who made a survey of the Whitmore Mountains on Jan. 2, 1959. Chapman spent several summer seasons in the Antarctic, including survey in the Pensacola Mountains (1957-58), and the highly successful U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Topo North-South Survey of the mountains bordering the west side of the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf.

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