Brocklehurst Ridge
| Brocklehurst Ridge | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land | |
| part of | Prince Charles Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 2 ′ S , 67 ° 6 ′ E | |
Brocklehurst Ridge is a partially snow-covered mountain ridge in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . It extends in the Prince Charles Mountains 1.5 km south of the Taylor Platform .
It was mapped using aerial photographs taken during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions between 1956 and 1960. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after Frank J. Brocklehurst, an electrician at Mawson Station in 1964.
Web links
- Brocklehurst Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Brocklehurst Ridge on geographic.org (English)