Hampton Ridge
| Hampton Ridge | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 52 ′ S , 167 ° 2 ′ E | |
Hampton Ridge is a 16 km long ridge in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain, it extends north from Pagoda Peak between the Montgomerie Glacier and the Mackellar Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Major William C. Hampton, commander of a unit in the United States Air Force , which had supported the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition (1964-1965).
Web links
- Hampton Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hampton Ridge on geographic.org (English).