Saxton Ridge
| Saxton Ridge | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Prince Charles Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 37 ′ S , 66 ° 52 ′ E | |
Saxton Ridge is a mountain ridge in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . It extends in the Aramis Range of the Prince Charles Mountains immediately south of the Thomson Massif .
It was mapped using aerial photographs taken by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after Richard Alan Saxton (1923–2011), senior officer at Wilkes Station in 1963.
Web links
- Saxton Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Saxton Ridge on geographic.org (English)