Rucker Ridge
| Rucker Ridge | |
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 Map with the Rücker Ridge in the northwest |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica |
| part of | Royal Society Range in the Transantarctic Mountains |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 12 ′ S , 162 ° 50 ′ E |
Rucker Ridge (synonym: Rücker Ridge ) is a high mountain ridge in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Royal Society Range , east of Mount Rucker, it forms the watershed between the Radiant Glacier and the Walcott Glacier .
Scientists in a campaign carried out from 1960 to 1961 as part of Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named it after the mountain of the same name. Its namesake is the physicist Arthur William Rucker (1848–1915), Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society .
Web links
- Rücker Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rücker Ridge on geographic.org (English).