Mount Caldwell

Not to be confused with Caldwell Peak.

Map of Thurston Island.

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Mount Caldwell is a peak of the Walker Mountains, located 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Lopez, near the western end of Thurston Island. It was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain Henry Howard Caldwell, U.S. Navy, captain of the seaplane tender Pine Island which explored the area during this expedition. Caldwell and six others survived a December 30, 1946 crash of a seaplane at Thurston Island.^[1]

Maps

Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

↑ "Caldwell, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-10-21.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Caldwell, Mount" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 72°3′S 101°33′W / 72.050°S 101.550°W / -72.050; -101.550

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