Craddock Massif

Craddock Massif
Craddock Massif West Antarctica (Chilean claim)
Elevation	4,477 m (14,688 ft) [1]
Location
Range	Sentinel Range
Coordinates	78°36′00.00″S 85°18′00.00″W / 78.6°S 85.3°W / -78.6; -85.3Coordinates: 78°36′00.00″S 85°18′00.00″W / 78.6°S 85.3°W / -78.6; -85.3
Climbing
First ascent	Jed Brown (US) December 2006
Easiest route	snow/ice climb

Sentinel Range with Craddock Massif, USGS Map

Craddock Massif is a mountain massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, in the Chilean claim of West Antarctica.

Location and highest point

Craddock Massif is located at the southeastern side of Vinson Massif, between Hammer Col and Karnare Col linking it to Vinson Massif and southern Sentinel Range respectively. The highest point of Craddock Massif is Mount Rutford, a sharp peak that rises to 4,477 metres (14,688 ft). In addition to Mount Rutford, the Craddock massif also includes (from north to south) Bugueño Pinnacle, Rada Peak and Mount Craddock.^[1]

Discovery and naming

Sentinel Range was first sighted and photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth. The entire range, including Craddock Massif, was mapped by USGS from aerial photography taken by U.S. Navy, 1958-61.^[1]

This massif was originally named Mount Craddock by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1965, but subsequent maps limited the name to the massif’s southernmost peak, a modification that was adopted by US-ACAN in 2006 when it approved the name Craddock Massif. The massif is named after Professor J. Campbell Craddock (1930–2006), leader of the 1962-63 University of Minnesota geological expedition to the Sentinel and Heritage Ranges of the Ellsworth Mountains.^[1]

See also

• Sentinel Range

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} USGS GNIS: Craddock Massif

"Craddock Massif". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:18839. Retrieved 31 May 2010. 

External links

• United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
• Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Craddock Massif" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).