Campbell Crest
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Campbell Crest is a peak
rising to 1670 metre at the west end of the Bowditch Crests
, Bermel Peninsula
, on the Bowman Coast
of Graham Land
. The feature is the highest point in the Bowditch Crests and appears in aerial photographs taken by Sir Hubert Wilkins, 1928, and Lincoln Ellsworth
, 1935. It was roughly mapped from the Ellsworth photographs by W.L.G. Joerg in 1937, and later photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service, 1940, and the U.S. Navy, 1966. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1958, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
in 1993 after Jon C. Campbell, geographer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 1981; USGS member in the International GPS Campaign, 1991–92, at McMurdo Station
, Byrd Station
, and South Pole Station who conducted developmental GPS geodetic surveys from USCGC Polar Sea at Mount Siple
and Pine Island Bay; from 1993, Secretary, Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
, U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
rising to 1670 metre at the west end of the Bowditch Crests
Bowditch Crests
Bowditch Crests is a line of precipitous cliffs surmounted by four summits on Bermel Peninsula in eastern Graham Land. The feature was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth in November 1935 and was mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg...
, Bermel Peninsula
Bermel Peninsula
The Bermel Peninsula is a rugged, mountainous peninsula, approximately 15 mi long and 7 mi wide, located at between Solberg Inlet and Mobiloil Inlet on the Bowman Coast, Graham Land, Antarctica...
, on the Bowman Coast
Bowman Coast
The Bowman Coast is the portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Northrop and Cape Agassiz. It was discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins in an aerial flight of December 20, 1928. It was named by Wilkins for Isaiah Bowman, then Director of the American Geographical Society....
of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. The feature is the highest point in the Bowditch Crests and appears in aerial photographs taken by Sir Hubert Wilkins, 1928, and Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth was an arctic explorer from the United States.-Birth:He was born on May 12, 1880 to James Ellsworth and Eva Frances Butler in Chicago, Illinois...
, 1935. It was roughly mapped from the Ellsworth photographs by W.L.G. Joerg in 1937, and later photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service, 1940, and the U.S. Navy, 1966. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1958, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
in 1993 after Jon C. Campbell, geographer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 1981; USGS member in the International GPS Campaign, 1991–92, at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
, Byrd Station
Byrd Station
Byrd Station refers to a research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by the U.S. Navy during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica at 80°, 120°W...
, and South Pole Station who conducted developmental GPS geodetic surveys from USCGC Polar Sea at Mount Siple
Mount Siple
Mount Siple is a potentially active shield volcano, rising to and dominating the northwest part of Siple Island, which is separated from the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land, by the Getz Ice Shelf. Its youthful appearance strongly suggests that it last erupted in Holocene. It is capped by a summit...
and Pine Island Bay; from 1993, Secretary, Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
, U.S. Board on Geographic Names.