Farrington Ridge
| Farrington Ridge | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Jones Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 35 ′ S , 94 ° 20 ′ W | |
Farrington Ridge is a 2.5 km long, straight and isolated mountain ridge with a non-iced summit ridge in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Jones Mountains it rises 3 km north-northwest of the Forbidden Rocks .
The University of Minnesota team that explored the Jones Mountains from 1960 to 1961 named him. It is named after Lieutenant Robert L. Farrington (1932-2015) of the United States Navy , co-pilot of an LC 47 Dakota , with which on December 9, 1960 the first aircraft landed in the Jones Mountains.
Web links
- Farrington Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Farrington Ridge on geographic.org (English)