Mount Chapman
| Mount Chapman | ||
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| height | 2715 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Whitmore Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 105 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Chapman is a 2715 m high and three-peaked mountain in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises with its very steep slopes and a large cliff on the north side at the western end of the Whitmore Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 1962 after the US cartographer William Hanell Chapman (1927-2007) from the United States Geological Survey , which in the exploration of, among others 1958-1959 Horlick Mountains was involved and this expedition on 2 January 1959 performed geodetic surveys of the Whitmore Mountains.
Web links
- Mount Chapman in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Chapman on geographic.org (English)