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This page presents the geographical name data for
Chapman, Mount in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
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.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Chapman, Mount in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Chapman, Mount information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Chapman, Mount should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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