Rucker track

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Rucker track
location Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica
part of Ford Ranges
Rucker Spur (Antarctica)
Rucker track
Coordinates 77 ° 31 ′  S , 146 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 77 ° 31 ′  S , 146 ° 30 ′  W
The Haines Mountains (southwest of the center of the map) with the Rucker trail

The Haines Mountains (southwest of the center of the map) with the Rucker trail

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The Rucker Spur is a rock spur in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Ford Ranges, it looms between Alexander Peak and Mount Ronne on the east side of the Haines Mountains .

Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) mapped it. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Joseph T. Rucker (1887–1957), photographer of the American Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930).

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