Editing Mount Craddock (section)

{{short description|Mountain in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Craddock
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| photo_caption = 
| elevation_m = 4368
| elevation_ref = <ref name=USGS2007>USGS 2007</ref>
| prominence_m = 
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| range = [[Sentinel Range]]
| location = [[Antarctica]]
| map_image = Sentinel-Range-location-map.png
| map_caption = Location of Craddock Massif in Western Antarctica
| coordinates = {{coord|78|38|S|85|12|W|type:mountain|display=inline,title}}
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| topo = 
| first_ascent = January 1992
| easiest_route = <!--  snow/ice climb -->
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[[File:Vinson-Map.jpg|thumb|Sentinel Range map]]
'''Mount Craddock''' is a large, bold [[mountain]] forming the south extremity of [[Craddock Massif]] in [[Sentinel Range]], the ninth highest mountain in [[Antarctica]].  It is linked by [[Karnare Col]] to [[Mount Strybing]] in the southern Sentinel Range.  The ninth-highest mountain in Antarctica was first climbed in January 1992.<ref name=USGS2007/>

The name Mount Craddock was originally recommended by the [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) in 1965 for the present-day [[Craddock Massif]] but subsequent maps limited Mount Craddock to the [[massif]]'s southernmost peak, a position that became established over years. To avoid confusion and to fix the position of the name, US-ACAN redefined Mount Craddock in 2006 to apply to the southernmost peak described above.<ref name=gnis>USGS GNIS</ref>

The mountain was named by US-ACAN for J. Campbell Craddock (1930–2006), leader of a [[University of Minnesota]] expedition (1962–63) that made geological investigations and cartographic surveys in the Sentinel and [[Heritage Range]]s of the [[Ellsworth Mountains]]. During 1960–61, Craddock led a Minnesota geological expedition in examining the [[Jones Mountains]].<ref name=gnis/>
 
Mount Craddock is the second-highest point of the Craddock Massif which includes [[Mount Rutford]] (highest point), Rada Peak, and Bugueño Pinnacle. Rutford was named for R. H. Rutford, Antarctic geologist and colleague of Craddock. Rada Peak and Bugueño Pinnacle were named for Camilo Rada and Manuel Bugueño, climbing partners of [[Damien Gildea]], a leading Antarctic researcher and climber.<ref name=USGS2007/>