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Chastain Peak

Coordinates: 85°10′S 94°35′W / 85.167°S 94.583°W / -85.167; -94.583
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Chastain Peak (85°10′S 94°35′W / 85.167°S 94.583°W / -85.167; -94.583) is a peak, 2,255 metres (7,400 ft) high, near the center of the Moulton Escarpment, at the western margin of the Thiel Mountains. It was surveyed by the United States Geological Survey Thiel Mountains party, 1960–61, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after William W. Chastain, Aviation Structural Mechanic, U.S. Navy, who lost his life in the crash of a P2V Neptune aircraft soon after takeoff from Wilkes Station, November 9, 1961.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Chastain Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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