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Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William H. Chapman of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), cartographer with the Horlick Mountains Traverse (1958-59), who made a survey of the Whitmore Mountains on 2 January 1959. | Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William H. Chapman of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), cartographer with the Horlick Mountains Traverse (1958-59), who made a survey of the Whitmore Mountains on 2 January 1959. | ||
Chapman spent several summer seasons in the Antarctic, including survey in the | Chapman spent several summer seasons in the Antarctic, including survey in the Pensacola Mountains (1957-58), and the highly successful U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Topo North-South Survey of the mountains bordering the west side of the [[Ross Sea]] and [[Ross Ice Shelf]]. | ||
==Countess of Chapman== | ==Countess of Chapman== |