Mount Locke
| Mount Locke | ||
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| height | 1190 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Admiralty Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 24 '0 " S , 169 ° 6' 0" E | |
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Mount Locke is a 1190 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land with a snow cap . It rises up at the northeast end of the DuBridge Range in the Admiralty Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after Lieutenant Commander Jerry L. Locke, helicopter pilot of the VX-6 flight squadron during the operation Deep Freeze of 1968.
Web links
- Mount Locke in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Locke on geographic.org (English)