Mickler track
| Mickler track | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 49 ′ S , 130 ° 45 ′ W | |
The Mickler Spur is a narrow and 6 km long mountain ridge in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . In the western Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains , it forms the south face of the Hueneme Glacier up to its confluence with the Reedy Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Raymond R. Mickler, who was responsible for maintaining the equipment of the winter teams on the Byrd -Station in 1961 and at the McMurdo station in 1964th
Web links
- Mickler trace in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mickler Spur on geographic.org (English)