Frecker Ridge
| Frecker Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Anare Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 49 ′ S , 166 ° 13 ′ E | |
Frecker Ridge is a mountain ridge in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises steeply along the western flank of the Kirkby Glacier in the Anare Mountains .
Participants of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) made the naming. It is named after Ron Frecker of the Royal Australian Air Force , who took part in a flight during the 1962 ANARE to explore the coast off the ridge.
Web links
- Frecker Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Frecker Ridge on geographic.org (English)