Chapman Snowfield () is a large snowfield lying west of the central ridge in the

Churchill Mountains The Churchill Mountains is a major range of mountains and associated elevations bordering the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier. They are south of the Britannia Range and north of the Geologists Range, ...

in the

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region of

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Location

Chapman Snowfield is bounded to the north by Elder Peak and the massif surmounted by Mount Wharton, to the south by Soza Icefalls, Black Icefalls and the head of Starshot Glacier, and to the west by the

Wallabies Nunataks Wallabies Nunataks () is a large group of nunataks near the polar plateau, to the west of the Churchill Mountains, Antarctica. Location The Wallabies Nunataks are 10 nautical miles (18 km) northeast of All-Blacks Nunataks at the east ...

and the

All-Blacks Nunataks All-Blacks Nunataks () is a group of conspicuous nunataks lying midway between Wallabies Nunataks and Wilhoite Nunataks at the southeast margin of the Byrd Névé in Antarctica. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (19 ...

. The Gamble Glacier flows northwest from Chapman Snowfield between Green Nunatak to the southwest and Keating Massif to the northeast. The Soza Icefalls and Black Icefalls extend south to near the head of Starshot Glacier. Chapman Snowfield was named after William H. Chapman, topographic engineer,

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ...

, leader of the 1961–62 Topo North – Topo South survey of mountains west of the

Ross Sea The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth. It derives its name from the British explorer James Clark Ross who ...

from Cape Roget, Adare Peninsula, to Otway Massif at the head of

Beardmore Glacier The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being long and having a width of . It descends about from the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf and is bordered by the Commonwealth Range of the Queen ...

, a traverse totalling . This first helicopter-supported traverse with electronic-distant-measuring instruments resulted in the establishment of ground control making possible the mapping of a area of the

Transantarctic Mountains The Transantarctic Mountains (abbreviated TAM) comprise a mountain range of uplifted rock (primarily sedimentary) in Antarctica which extends, with some interruptions, across the continent from Cape Adare in northern Victoria Land to Coats L ...

Features

Elder Peak

. A peak at the north margin of Chapman Snowfield in the Churchill Mountains. The peak rises to southwest of Mount Wharton. It was named after William C. Elder, a

topographic engineer with the Topo North – Topo South survey expedition in these mountains, 1961–62.

Rutland Nunatak

. A cone-shaped

nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit language, Inuit ) is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They often form natural pyramidal peaks. Isolated nunataks are also cal ...

with associated rock outcrops, high, in the west part of Chapman Snowfield. The nunatak is 10 nautical miles (18 km) east-northeast of Wilhoite Nunataks. Named by

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) after cartographer Jane Rutland Brown, Antarctic map compilation specialist in the

(USGS) Branch of Special Maps, 1951–71.

Wallabies Nunataks

. A large group of nunataks near the polar plateau, lying northeast of All-Blacks Nunataks at the east side of the Byrd Névé. Named by the NZGSAE (1960-61) for the well known Australian rugby team.

All-Blacks Nunataks

A group of conspicuous nunataks lying midway between Wallabies Nunataks and Wilhoite Nunataks at the southeast margin of the Byrd Névé. Named by the NZGSAE (1960-61) for the well known New Zealand rugby team.

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