Red Raider Rampart
| Red Raider Rampart | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 9 ′ S , 173 ° 12 ′ W | |
Red Raider Rampart ( English for red robber bulwark ) is a rugged wall of rock and ice in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains it rises immediately east of the mouth of the Gatlin Glacier in the McGregor Glacier .
Participants in the Texas Tech University expedition to Shackleton Glacier (1964–1965) named the wall after the name of the university's sports teams.
Web links
- Red Raider Rampart in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Red Raider Rampart on geographic.org (English)