Gallagher Ridge
| Gallagher Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Asgard Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 28 ′ S , 162 ° 49 ′ E | |
Gallagher Ridge is a mountain ridge in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range , it extends from Mount Newall in a northeastern direction into the lower Wright Valley east of the Decker Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1997 after Charles Gallagher (1946-1997), Command Master Chief of the support units of the United States Navy in Antarctica , who was active in four Antarctic summer campaigns at McMurdo Station between 1991 and 1995 . He died on May 1, 1997 in his role as accommodation coordinator for Antarctic Support Associates (ASA) as a result of illness on this ward.
Web links
- Gallagher Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gallagher Ridge on geographic.org (English)