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Capling Peak
Capling Peak
is a
peak
, high, on the
north side
of
Croll Glacier
, southeast of
Bramble Peak
, in the
Victory Mountains
,
Victoria Land
. It was mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
from surveys and from U.S. Navy air
photos
, 1960–64, and named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for Robert W. Capling, U.S. Navy,
aviation machinist's mate
and
flight engineer
on
Hercules aircraft
at
McMurdo Station
during
Operation Deep Freeze
1967 and 1968.