William W. Chastain
Places Named in Chastain's Honour
Description: A peak (2,255 m) near the center of Moulton Escarpment, at the W margin of the Thiel Mountains. Surveyed by the USGS Thiel Mountains party, 1960-61. Named by US-ACAN after William W. Chastain, Aviation Structural Mechanic, USN, who lost his life in the crash of a P2V Neptune aircraft soon after takeoff from Wilkes Station, Nov. 9, 1961.
| Antarctica ID: | 2678 |
| Feature Name: | Chastain Peak |
| Class: | Summit |
| Latitude: | 851000S |
| Longitude: | 0943500W |
| Elevation ft/m: | 7398 / 2255 |