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Rada Peak () is a rounded peak that rises to 4001 m between Bugueño Pinnacle and
Mount Craddock 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-highe ...
on the crest of the
Craddock Massif Craddock Massif is a mountain massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, in the Chilean claim of West Antarctica. Location and highest point Craddock Massif is located at the southeastern side of Vinson Massif, between Hammer C ...
in the
Sentinel Range The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km (15 to 30 mi) wide. Man ...
. Named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...
in 2006 after Camilo Rada Giacaman, a Chilean member of the Omega High Antarctic GPS Expedition to the Sentinel Range, 2004 and 2005; together with Manuel Bugueño in the latter season, he obtained GPS data for Mount Craddock and Rada Peak.Rada Peak
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Ellsworth Mountains Four-thousanders of Antarctica {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub