Mount Lockhart
| Mount Lockhart | ||
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| height | 952 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Lockhart is a 952 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It rises 6 km north of Mount Avers as a striking elevation from the main massif of the Fosdick Mountains in the Ford Ranges .
It was discovered during an overflight on December 5, 1929 during the first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . Namesake is Ernest Earl Lockhart (1912-2006), physiologist on the west base in the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941), during which he was part of a biological team that explored the area around the mountain in 1940.
Web links
- Mount Lockhart in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Lockhart on geographic.org (English)