Gardner Ridge
| Gardner Ridge | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 86 ° 57 ′ S , 148 ° 24 ′ W | |
The Gardner Ridge is a ridge in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises 6 km southeast of the Davis Hills on the southern flank of the Klein Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Eric T. Gardner, photographer of the VX-6 flight squadron during Operation Deep Freeze the years 1966 and 1967.
Web links
- Gardner Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gardner Ridge on geographic.org (English)