Mount Craddock
Mount Craddock | ||
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height | 4368 m | |
location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
Mountains | Craddock Massif , Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
Coordinates | 78 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 85 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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First ascent | January 1992 |
The Mount Craddock is with a height of 4368 meters, the ninth highest mountain of Antarctica . It is located in the Sentinel Range in West Antarctica . The first ascent took place in January 1992.
The name Mount Craddock was proposed by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1965 . It was named after the American geologist John Campbell Craddock (1930-2006), who led an expedition from 1962 to 1963 on behalf of the University of Minnesota , which had geological and cartographic studies of the Heritage Range and the Ellsworth Mountains to the subject.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Antarctica Detail - Mount Craddock. Geographic Names Information System, accessed January 8, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Damien Gildea & John Splettstoesser: Craddock Massif and Vinson Massif remeasured. US Geological Survey and The National Academies, 2007, accessed January 8, 2014 .