Bucknell Ridge
| Bucknell Ridge | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Rhone ( 2020 m ) | |
| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 58 ′ S , 158 ° 38 ′ E | |
 Carlyon Glacier map sheet from 1963, Bucknell Ridge west of the center of the southern edge of the map |
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Bucknell Ridge is a mountain ridge in the Australian Antarctic Territory . It rises directly above the Cranfield Icefalls and extends east-west along the southern flank of the Darwin Glacier near its confluence with the Ross Ice Shelf .
The team to explore the Darwin Glacier in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) named the ridge after the New Zealander Ernest Selwyn Bucknell (1926-2001), a member of this team.
Web links
- Bucknell Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bucknell Ridge on geographic.org (English)