Clark lane
| Clark lane | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W | |
The Clark Spur is a 5 km long mountain ridge in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . At the lower foothills of the Prince Olav Mountains , it extends to the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf and flanked the east side of the mouth of the Morris Glacier 10 km northwest of Mount Henson .
Participants in the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930) discovered him and photographed him from the air. It is named after the assistant physicist of the expedition Arnold Hanson Clark (1904–1976).
Web links
- Clark Trail in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Clark Spur on geographic.org (English)