Mount Chadwick facts for kids
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 Mount Chadwick
Location in Antarctica
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| Elevation | 2,440 m (8,010 ft) |
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| Location | Pennell Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica |
Mount Chadwick (72°30′S 160°26′E / 72.500°S 160.433°E) is a small mountain made of bare rock. It stands tall at about 2,440 meters (8,000 feet) high. This mountain is located in a very cold place called Antarctica.
About Mount Chadwick
Mount Chadwick is part of a group of mountains known as the Outback Nunataks. A "nunatak" is a mountain peak that sticks out above a glacier or ice sheet. This means Mount Chadwick is surrounded by a lot of ice! It is found in an area of Antarctica called Victoria Land.
Where is it?
This rocky peak is located on the Pennell Coast of Antarctica. The Pennell Coast is a part of the coastline that stretches between two points called Cape Williams and Cape Adare. Mount Chadwick is about 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 kilometers) east-southeast of another mountain, Mount Walton.
How it was Discovered and Named
Mount Chadwick was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS is a science agency that studies the Earth. They used surveys and photos taken from U.S. Navy airplanes between 1959 and 1964 to create their maps.
The mountain was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names. This committee helps decide the names for places in Antarctica. They named it after Dan M. Chadwick. He was a meteorologist, which is a scientist who studies weather. Dan Chadwick worked at the South Pole Station in 1968, studying the weather in this icy region.
