Mount Craddock
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| Mount Craddock | |
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| Elevation | 4,650 metres (15,256 feet) |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Range | Sentinel Range |
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Mount Craddock is a large, bold mountain that marks the highest point on the southern end of Vinson Massif, the highest mountain in Antarctica. The impressive south face remains unclimbed.
Named by US-ACAN for J. Campbell Craddock, leader of a University of Minnesota expedition (1962-63) that made geological investigations and cartographic surveys in the Sentinel and Heritage Ranges of the Ellsworth Mountains. During 1960-61, Craddock led a Minnesota geological expedition in examining the Jones Mountains.
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