Chapman Peak (78°11′S85°13′W) is a peak, 2,230 metres (7,320ft) high, in the Maglenik Heights, on the east side of Ellen Glacier and west of Arapya Glacier, 5 miles (8km) 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.
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.Sentinel Range map.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
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This article incorporatespublic domain material from the United States Geological Surveydocument: "Chapman Peak".(content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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