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===Mount Chapman=== | ===Mount Chapman=== | ||
::''Main article: [[Mount Chapman]]'' | |||
[[File:Mt Chapman.gif|thumb|right|Picture of Mt. Chapman taken by William H. Chapman during his initial survey.]] | [[File:Mt Chapman.gif|thumb|right|Picture of Mt. Chapman taken by William H. Chapman during his initial survey.]] | ||
Mount Chapman (82°35'S 105°55'W) is a triple-peaked mountain mountain rising to 2715 m high. It has very steep sides and a large rock cliff on its north side, situated at the western end of the Whitmore Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William H. Chapman of U.S. Geological Survey, cartographer with the Horlick Mountains Traverse (1958-59), who made a survey of the Whitmore Mountains on Jan. 2, 1959. | Mount Chapman (82°35'S 105°55'W) is a triple-peaked mountain mountain rising to 2715 m high. It has very steep sides and a large rock cliff on its north side, situated at the western end of the Whitmore Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William H. Chapman of U.S. Geological Survey, cartographer with the Horlick Mountains Traverse (1958-59), who made a survey of the Whitmore Mountains on Jan. 2, 1959. | ||