Lockhart Ridge
| Lockhart Ridge | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 2 ′ S , 174 ° 50 ′ W | |
Lockhart Ridge is a 6 km long ridge in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises along the southern flank of the Yeats Glacier to its confluence with the Shackleton Glacier .
The Texas Tech University crew to explore the Shackleton Glacier between 1964 and 1965 named him after Cadet Warrant Officer James J. Lockhart of the United States Army , pilot of the flight readiness for this crew.
Web links
- Lockhart Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lockhart Ridge on geographic.org (English)