Feature Name (see definition): Chapman Snowfield

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18264

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 81° 30' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 157° 20' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -81.5

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 157.3333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2003

Description (see definition): A large snowfield lying W of the central ridge in Churchill Mountains, bounded to the N by Elder Peak and the massif surmounted by Mount Wharton, to the S by Sosa Icefalls and the head of Starshot Glacier, and to the W by Wallabies Nunataks and All-Blacks Nunataks. Named after William H. Chapman, topographic engineer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), leader of the 1961-62 Topo North-Topo South survey of mountains W of Ross Sea from Cape Roget, Adare Peninsula, to Otway Massif at the head of Beardmore Glacier, a traverse totalling 1570 miles. This first helicopter-supported traverse with EDM electronic-distant-measuring instruments resulted in the establishment of ground control making possible the mapping of a 100,000-square-mile area of the Transantarctic Mountains.

Date Created (see definition): 01/28/2003

Date Edited (see definition): No data