Markham Lane
| Markham Lane | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Asgard Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 39 ′ S , 162 ° 21 ′ E | |
Markham Spur is a prominent and rocky ridge in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range , it extends from Roa Ridge in a south-westerly direction into the Matterhorn Glacier .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named the ridge in 1998 by Geoffrey W. Markham, secretary of the New Zealand committee in the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) and chairman of the Antarctic Division in the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research ( Department of Scientific and Industrial Research ) of 1959 to 1965.
Web links
- Markham track in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Markham Spur on geographic.org (English)