Archambault Ridge
| Archambault Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Deep Freeze Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 42 ′ S , 162 ° 55 ′ E | |
Archambault Ridge is a mountain ridge in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises in the Deep Freeze Range of the Transantarctic Mountains between the Rainey and Recoil glaciers .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1960 and 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Lieutenant John Louis Archambault of the US Navy, medical officer at McMurdo Station in the year 1967.
Web links
- Archambault Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Archambault Ridge on geographic.org (English)