Ketchum Ridge
| Ketchum Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Endeavor Massif in the Kirkwood Range of the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 33 ′ S , 162 ° 20 ′ E | |
Ketchum Ridge is the largest of the mountain ridges that extend eastward from the southern portion of the Endeavor Massif on the Scott Coast in East Antarctica, Victoria Land.
This formation is named after the American rear admiral and Antarctic explorer Gerald Ketchum (1908–1992), skipper in Operation Highjump (1946–1947), expedition leader in Operation Windmill (1947–1948) and deputy chief of operations in the first Operation Deep Freeze ( 1955-1956).
Web links
- Ketchum Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ketchum Ridge on geographic.org (English)