Name details

Mount Chaudoin

Chaudoin, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Chaudoin  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 135926

Feature type: Mountain (2a)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Narrative

An abrupt mountain rising to about 1400 meters in the west part of Gonville and Caius Range, Victoria Land. The mountain forms part of the divide between Bachtold Glacier and the head of Griffiths Glacier. Named by US-ACAN (2007) after YNC Robert L. Chaudoin USN (Seabees), who at the time was the Senior Administrative Yeoman to the commanding officer and member of the construction crew which built the original McMurdo Station and the original South Pole Station in the 1955-57 pre-IGY period. He also was the first U.S. Navy Postal Clerk at the South Pole Station, 1956.

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Location

Latitude:
77° 09' 15.0" S
-77.15417°
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Longitude:
162° 01' 30.0" E
162.02500°
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Altitude:
1400 m
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Source

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Remote sensing:
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Approval status

Status:
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Date approved:
15-Jan-2008

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