Chapman Peak (Antarctica)

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

Chapman Peak (78°11′S 85°13′W / 78.183°S 85.217°W / -78.183; -85.217) is a peak, 2,230 metres (7,320 ft) high, in the Maglenik Heights, on the east side of Ellen Glacier and west of Arapya Glacier, 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Mount Jumper in the central Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It was first mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1957–59, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain John H. Chapman, USAF, who participated in establishing the International Geophysical Year South Pole Station in the 1956–57 season.

Maps

• Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.

References

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Chapman Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

This Ellsworth Land location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Ellsworth Mountains Mountains of Ellsworth Land Ellsworth Land geography stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая? Chapman Peak Chapman Point Look at other dictionaries: Chapman Snowfield — (81°30′S 157°20′E / 81.5°S 157.333°E / 81.5; 157.333) is a large snowfield lying west of the central ridge in the Churchill Mountains, bounded to the north by Elder Peak and the mass …   Wikipedia Mount Bishop (Antarctica) — Infobox Mountain Name=Mount Bishop Photo= Caption= Elevation=3,020 metres (9,908 feet) Range=Queen Alexandra Range Location=Antarctica Prominence = Coordinates = coord|83|43|S|168|42|E|type:mountain Topographic Type=|Age= First ascent = | Easiest …   Wikipedia Permian–Triassic extinction event — …   Wikipedia Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station — Coordinates: 90°00′S 139°16′W / 90°S 139.267°W / 90; 139.267 …   Wikipedia glacier — glaciered, adj. /glay sheuhr/, n. an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of… …   Universalium Ohio Range — …   Wikipedia List of Russian people — The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod, featuring the statues and reliefs of the most celebrated people in the first 1000 years of Russian history …   Wikipedia Queen Alexandra Range — in Antarctica …   Wikipedia Dinosaur — For other uses, see Dinosaur (disambiguation). Dinosaurs Temporal range: Late Triassic–Late Cretaceous, 231.4–65.5 Ma …   Wikipedia geomagnetic field — Magnetic field associated with the Earth. It is essentially dipolar (i.e., it has two poles, the northern and southern magnetic poles) on the Earth s surface. Away from the surface, the field becomes distorted. Most geomagnetists explain the… …   Universalium 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”