McNaughton Ridges
| McNaughton Ridges | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Scott Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 32 ' S , 50 ° 27' E | |
The McNaughton Ridges are a series of mountain ridges in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . They rise 21 km northeast of Simpson Peak in the Scott Mountains .
They were mapped using aerial photographs taken in 1956 and 1957 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named the mountains after the Australian physicist Ian LK McNaughton, who worked at Mawson Station in 1961 .
Web links
- McNaughton Ridges in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- McNaughton Ridges on geographic.org (English)