Ackerman Ridge
| Ackerman Ridge | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 86 ° 34 ′ S , 147 ° 30 ′ W | |
Ackerman Ridge is a prominent and rocky mountain ridge in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . It forms the northwestern extension of the La Gorce Mountains in the Queen Maud Mountains .
It was discovered and mapped in December 1934 by the geological team around Quin Blackburn (1900–1981) during the second Antarctic expedition (1933–1935) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Lt. Ronnie J. Ackerman of the United States Navy , navigational officer with the VX-6 squadron during Operation Deep Freeze in 1965 and 1966.
Web links
- Ackerman Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ackerman Ridge on geographic.org (English)